The Chrism Of Kings

    In the morn of the world, at the daybreak of time,
        When Kingdoms were few and Empires unknown,
    God searched for a Ruler to sceptre the land,
        And gather the harvest from the seed He had sown.
    He found a young Shepherd boy watching his flock
        Where the mountains looked down on deep meadows of green;
    He hailed the young Shepherd boy king of the land
        And anointed his brow with a Chrism unseen.

    He placed in his frail hands the sceptre of power,
    And taught his young heart all the wisdom of love;
    He gave him the vision of prophet and priest,
    And dowered him with counsel and light from above.
    But alas! came a day when the Shepherd forgot
    And heaped on his realm all the woes that war brings,
    And bartering his purple for the greed of his heart
    He lost both the sceptre and Chrism of Kings.

    For Miss Katherine Brégy.