Let Now No Reasonable Star (Final Version) Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

let now no reasonable star clang out
suddenly rogue as the clouds by winter's tempests driven
let my heart live so may it be faithful to the end
and not dissemble in a Romantic strain
beyond the borders that song allows.
I vow to thee countries of the illimitable imagination
it's all for the trefoil of abiding love
Christ died to shine straight through, our Dove
whatever is opaque, tearful, muddled to you
the world's dim equipoise refined
in purity and truth, there is no denying.
sing then, oh now, no carol of repining.

mary angela douglas 16 november 2021; 14 february 2022; 5 april 2023