In Springtime’S Fields of Glory

Elizabeth Clayton

Sep 2016 · AuthorHouse

About this ebook

Respite is a come good- or the memory of a wish that did after the dark In Springtimes Fields of Glory And let me lie in springtimes fields of glory, In meadows at bloom, a counterpointed flower, Where clouds, effacing, having lost their daunted presence, And I to peace of these, and thought, Know healing silence in feeling, Touch, and understanding. Beauty, my long companion, will drape a pall Of lovely, silken gray, of sunbeams Turned briefly, in kindness, aside, To sprinkle crystal raindrops over petaled Roses, dried of time and feeling, and lightly rosined, Close to twilight. The time will be of rest from struggle, The absolute devouring of doubt and fear, and, Most, the loneliness of a heart apart, That could see and could not catch, left, A heart, alone.

About the author

Elizabeth Clayton began teaching at the age of twenty at the University of Southern Mississippi. Presently retired, she is spending her days reviewing and preparing her works for publication. Clayton has published sixteen works (primarily poetry) since the release of her autobiography in 2007, which chronicles her struggles with bipolar disorder. In November 2012, she was inducted into the Literary Hall of Fame, Sigma Kappa Delta, and nominated for the Eric Hoffer Award by her publisher in early spring of 2013. She is also featured in the summer 2013 quarter of Forward magazine, and her work, Scarlet Flow, was shown in the World Book Fair in London, England, in early 2013. Additionally, on January 5 and February 9, 2014, she was featured in the New York Times “New Voices, New Perspectives” segment. Her most recent work was published by Trafford in September 2014.