A MEEKNESS VILLANELLE

True meekness, seen in Jesus, was unique

Yet by the Spirit saints conform to Him:

God's heart is cheered by persons who are meek.

In noble meekness see the Shepherd seek

Lost sheep in a poor world where life is grim:

True meekness, seen in Jesus, was unique.

As led in judgement through a world that's bleak

The meek will show God's blessings do not dim:

God's heart is cheered by persons who are meek.

In a world soiled by Roman, Jew or Greek

Like the pure ark beneath the cherubim

True meekness, seen in Jesus, was unique.

God loves the man who'll turn the other cheek

Rather than fighting with another's whim:

God's heart is cheered by persons who are meek.

And God delights to hear men humbly speak

Of grace which fills our vessels to the brim.

True meekness, seen in Jesus, was unique:

God's heart is cheered by persons who are meek.