Rome Found
Rome, the name excites me. Never have 1 known such concentrated happinesS Before or since. Nature flung wide her arms And art became another form of love. In Rome I found the majesty of peace, Christ everywhere, in church or catacombs.
And I was christened once again, 1 knew Relief of penance. All the childhood fears Vanished in a city where men know They will find Christ and understand him too In art, in trees, in gardens, fountains. Tears Are shed here out of happiness. The glow Of Christ triumphant glories in this place, This home, this womb, this consecrated ground. Here Peter died a martyr, old ones pray And I learnt from them. Everywhere was grace, And sometimes in the night I heard a sound Of murmuring whispers like the stars at play.
Elizabeth Jennings
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