A JOY VILLANELLE

True joy will not be found in this world's froth
But as the ascended Man is in your view
You have a joy untouched by rust or moth.

The world exults in Baal and Astaroth
But a far nobler joy belongs to you:
True joy will not be found in this world's froth.

How God rejoiced when Gideon poured the broth
As a just ground for what He was to do:
You have a joy untouched by rust or moth.

As maiden gladly goes to plight her troth:
The Christ's chaste virgin proves that she is true.
True joy will not be found in this world's froth.

Rome's graces fell to the marauding Goth;
God's loved land's graces constantly accrue:
You have a joy untouched by rust or moth.

As the glad tidings rouse from sin and sloth
What blessing for both God and men ensue!
True joy will not be found in this world's froth;
You have a joy untouched by rust or moth.



Still see Philippians 4: 8.