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OCTOBER 2021 | DENVER CATHOLIC
I slipped His fingers, I escaped His feet,
I ran and hid, for Him I feared to meet.
One day I passed Him, fettered on a Tree,
He turned His Head, and looked, and beckoned me.
"Neither by speed, nor strength could He prevail.
Each hand and foot was pinioned by a nail.
He could not run or clasp me if He tried,
But with His eye, He bade me reach His side.
"For pity's sake, thought I, I' ll set you free.
'Nay — hold this cross,' He said, 'and follow me.
This yoke is easy, this burden light,
Not hard or grievous if you wear it tight.'
"So did I follow Him Who could not move,
An uncaught captive in the hands of Love."
ELIZABETH CHENEY
THIS POEM, ATTRIBUTED TO POET ELIZABETH CHENEY, APPEARED IN A MARCH 10, 1940, ADDRESS BY VENERABLE FULTON SHEEN.
