A Poem for the New Year

by The Editors on December 30, 2008

To the Holy Spirit

O living Spirit, O falling of God-dew,
O Grace which dost console us and renew,
O vital light, O breath of angelhood,
O generous ministration of things good,
Creator of the visible, and best
Upholder of the great unmanifest
Power infinitely wise, new boon sublime
Of science and of art, constraining might,
In whom I breathe, live, speak, rejoice, and write,
Be with us in all places, for all time!

by Manuel Philes, tr. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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