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                          He who reaches for noble goals and thoughts

                               And day by day the beautiful pursues

                        Need never fear the wrongs which hover round

                         For he has built his soul on solid ground.

                                

                       Let it be yes or no- don’t twist your words around

                        Keep the story short to truth and honour bound

                       Words are holy things, so let’s not waste a sound.

Ingrids Auswahl - Ingrids Poetry (75)

   Wishes

In Fathers Realms are many Mansions

It’s true, the Bible tells me so.

When I’ve done all my tasks on Earth

I pray my Lord will let me go,

To see the beautiful white Mansions

The pearly Gates, the streets of Gold.

But then there is a quiet longing

Of things dear Jesus left untold.

How could I ever feel at Home?

Without the Meadow, Birds or Trees

The Garden old, the little Cottage

The Flowers visited each morning

By Butterflies and Honeybees.

Dear Father I just love the beauty

 Jehovah once has made for me

And I am grateful for the blessings

My heart can feel, my eyes can see.

So, when my soul is bound for heaven

I hope to find, that you won’t mind

To find a country home for me.

Ingrids Auswahl - Ingrids Poetry (74)

A thousand times or more

Have I not said goodbye?

 A thousand times or more?

My boat of daily grief

 Has drifted into open waters

To return no more.

The days of endless longing,

For just one sunny day

Have come on angel’s wings

Have chased all fears away.

The clouds that for so long

Have hid the fairest moon.

Replaced by newfound hope.

Have scattered fear and doom.

Gone are the tears of yesterday

Moved by an unseen hand

For “He” who knows the heart,

Has seen and brought to pass

A peaceful joyous end.

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Australia: A Song   

I have seen the far horizon of sunlit desert plains;

Beheld the rugged bushland engulfed in drenching rains,

I have watched the sunsets glory sink into jewelled sea;

Forever more I know, I know where my heart longs to be -

Chorus: Australia my Country, Australia wondrous land,

May God forever keep thee - within His mighty hand.

I have walked the shady gully down by the ferny creek;

Climbed treacherous mountain ranges and gazed from lofty peak,

I have watched the black swan’s journey on steady beating wing.

Forever more I know, I know the song I love to sing.

Chorus

I have strolled the golden grass land on tracks worn by the sheep;

Seen magic moonlit paddocks where cattle lay asleep,

Stood on sandy windswept beaches relieved from daily care.

Forever more I know, I know the song I long to share.

Chorus.