Poems (Coolidge)/The Silent Years
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THE SILENT YEARS
There is a silence that enfolds
Those years in Nazareth spent;
When, with His humble, daily toil
Our dear Lord lived content.
Those years in Nazareth spent;
When, with His humble, daily toil
Our dear Lord lived content.
And yet—in all those silent years
Obedience was learned;
And He "was subject unto them"
Proves no wise counsel spurned.
Obedience was learned;
And He "was subject unto them"
Proves no wise counsel spurned.
There is a silence that enfolds
The Father's plan for thee;
Yet if a Nazareth He choose
Submissive thou shouldest be.
The Father's plan for thee;
Yet if a Nazareth He choose
Submissive thou shouldest be.
And should across some future years
A cross in shadowy fall,
The braver wilt thou bear its weight,
Or heed a clarion call.
A cross in shadowy fall,
The braver wilt thou bear its weight,
Or heed a clarion call.
For silent years have made of thee
A soldier brave and bold;
Oh, welcome, then, the silent years,
And lessons they may hold.
A soldier brave and bold;
Oh, welcome, then, the silent years,
And lessons they may hold.