Thy blessed fame shall ever bide,
For far and wide thy feet have trod.
Could we their saintly track pursue,
We yet should view the Living God.

You leave a pattern and bequest
To all who rest upon the earth--
A life-long lesson to declare
Of earnest prayer the precious worth.

God grant us peace and joyful love!
And may the countenance of Heaven's King
Beam on us when we leave behind
Our bodies blind and withering.





KING AND HERMIT

Marvan, brother of King Guare of Connaught, in the seventh century, had
renounced the life of a warrior prince for that of a hermit. The King
endeavoured to persuade his brother to return to his Court, when the
following colloquy took place between them:


GUARE