Perseverance and steady progress

On the Stork Tower

The white sun sinks behind the hills; the Yellow River flows toward the sea. To take in a thousand miles of view, climb one level higher.

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On His Blindness

Fear that blindness has buried a biblical “talent” is answered by Patience: God needs neither human work nor gifts, and waiting can also be service.

To Althea, from Prison

Prison bars cannot confine love, fellowship, song, or a quiet conscience; the poem also binds inward freedom to declared loyalty to the king.

Uphill

A question-and-answer journey climbs all day toward an inn at night, where the door will open and every traveller will find a bed.