It is the Start and Yet the End – Chelsea Burden
It is the start and yet the end, Regret and joy combined; For when I round my life-road’s bend I must leave here behind. O! be the future e’er so…
Read moreO Little Town of Bethlehem
Merry Christmas! Until a few weeks ago, it didn’t really occur to me to think whether a Christmas hymn was great. It didn’t occur to me to question whether…
Read moreWhy Angels From the Realms of Glory is one of the Two Best Christmas Hymns
It might sound a bit like treason to begin analyzing old favourites in the way of Christmas hymns. A little bit like picking to pieces that childhood favourite “Lullaby and…
Read moreFirst Snow
If you stop to think about it, with all the blessings we have in this part of the world, it’s a wonder we aren’t happier. It’s a wonder the…
Read moreNovember Beauty
It is a remarkable phenomena in ordinary life, that the perspective through which we view something can so drastically change our impressions of it. Whether the subject is an orange,…
Read moreThe Poplar Field by William Cowper
There are some times when we see more clearly than others why great poets are great. Their works may not always be good, and even they can in a weak…
Read moreCome, Ye Thankful People, Come
There is another class of hymns, which I plan to feature in more depth later, which is based upon allusions to Scripture passages, usually making a direct application to our…
Read moreThe Oak Tree by Cecil Frances Alexander
An appreciation for great poetry, as for great prose, is begun in childhood. The poems which we read when we are young, form the basis of our perspective on poetry…
Read moreReflections on Solitude
Once every month in the Poet’s Corner I intend to post one of my own poems. I think this is important, because as much as we wish to encourage…
Read moreThe Daffodils by William Wordsworth
I mentioned in one of my earlier posts how in searching for poetry that is good and great, it is wise to look for poems rather than authors who…
Read more