Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-07-22 | Page 13 | Transfigured

r S TRANSFIGURED I know mol < stone chapel l Roughblocked and cloaked In vines Thro whoso parchs ruby window Tho sun at midday shlnea They steal tim L1rmlh of the crystal Thoyo beams In passing through And paint 6n the rocky pavement A square of fervid hue I feel like onchnntod cl Ae pushing lie ponderous door I enter the porch at noontide And cross its uneven floor A spiders dusty draperies Trail front an alcove dim And up looms an ancient staircase Oaken and huge antI grim But naught caro I for the shadows Oor corner and stair that play For close nt my feet there quivers The soft rich heart of the day Flung down on the rocking granite In a kiss of tile July sun The stain of thousand roses Distilled In the lllc of one And what I wns erst so somber I Is lit an with flame divine And a ray trttm that heart celestial Illumines tho thought of mine I And lo b I cry t It a vision I This chapel of timeworn gray With Its dusty walls transfigured r tt full Qf tho radiant day ISo I-So lifo may seem dull and cheerless And shut from the world apnrt But thro one beautiful window Tovo reaches its hidden heart I And Its dark walls glow with fervor And Its stony way grows bright And they who enter Its portal Stand charmed at the wondrous sight I Marcla M Sclman