For bruno's birthday

What though the night be dark, the skies be moonless,
The forest tangled, and the path o’ergrown?
No-one reaches your age intact and woundless;
But those who matter know to carry on.

You hurt, grimace, and cry? You still are strong;
For strength’s not marble, not untouched above.
Strength prays and suffers, weeps and still lasts long
Strength bears and wrestles, for she knows she’s love.

FA standards

I just had a look at a few new fics on FA. I thought that the bloody site at least took grammar and spelling seriously. I will not mention the writers or the stories, but there were at least two that would have got a second-year schoolchild a fail mark for the sheer abundance of misspellings. I could not believe my eyes. And I used to get stuff returned for a misplaced comma.

My favourite hymns (some)

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/n/oncetoev.htm
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/g/ogodofea.htm
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/l/jlmysoul.htm
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/w/owtking.htm
(but to the tune "Hanover")
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/b/abidewme.htm
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/h/bhymnotr.htm