Enoch Was Right

...who was translated, so that he should not see death:

he was not found; for he had this testimony, that he had pleased God.  

Hebrews 11:5

You didn't think I was thinking of someone else, did you? You didn't really suppose I was going down that road? Well, perhaps another day.

Instead, here is a lovely uncontroversial poem, with H/T to England Expects for the text:

XXXII) Matri Ecclesiae

Though nevermore thy face I’ll see,

Kind mother, though no more to thee

Shall e’er return my wayward feet,

Yet still across the widening years

Thy well-known accents echo sweet,

As sweet they fall upon my ears

As sound of bells across a lake,

Or children’s voices in the choir;

And in my breast they ever wake

The echo of an old desire .

For though it would not, yet my heart

Confesses, Mother, who thou art.