Poems (Coolidge)/The Silent Years

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THE SILENT YEARS
There is a silence that enfolds  Those years in Nazareth spent; When, with His humble, daily toil  Our dear Lord lived content.
And yet—in all those silent years  Obedience was learned; And He "was subject unto them"  Proves no wise counsel spurned.
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There is a silence that enfolds  The Father's plan for thee; Yet if a Nazareth He choose  Submissive thou shouldest be.
And should across some future years A cross in shadowy fall, The braver wilt thou bear its weight,  Or heed a clarion call.
For silent years have made of thee  A soldier brave and bold; Oh, welcome, then, the silent years,  And lessons they may hold.

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