"One of the Marys On His Sadness and His Smile" 



His head was always high, and the flame of God was in His eyes. 

He was often sad, but His sadness was tenderness shown to those in pain, and comradeship
given to the lonely. 

When He smiled His smile was as the hunger of those who long after the unknown. It was like
the dust of stars falling upon the eyelids of children. And it was like a morsel of bread in the
throat. 

He was sad, yet it was a sadness that would rise to the lips and become a smile. 

It was like a golden veil in the forest when autumn is upon the world. And sometimes it
seemed like moonlight upon the shores of the lake. 

He smiled as if His lips would sing at the wedding-feast. 

Yet He was sad with the sadness of the winged who will not soar above his comrade.