To celebrate so fine a brother,
A card and gift will not suffice,
But thanks to Him and praise to God,
And though it falls so short of it:
Firm words and merry birthdays wished,
A jig and game and laugh with bliss.

The stream runs hushed, knock knock!
I stand beside - my Lord persists,
We're gated firm from rushing thought,
His hope diffused in my heart now,
Persistence grasps a deeper root I pray.