First Voice

by Oliver Wendell Holmes — a poem card from Justes Mots

A speaker thirsts for spiritual healing and seeks the 'stream of life' that flows through Salem, having witnessed how countless weary souls have found solace and restoration in its waters. The poem uses water imagery to express spiritual and emotional recovery, emphasizing faith and community healing. Appropriate for get-well wishes and spiritual encouragement.

I thirst, but earth cannot allay
The fever coursing through my veins,
The healing stream is far away—
It flows through Salem’s lovely plains.

The murmurs of its crystal flow
Break ever o’er this world of strife;
My heart is weary, let me go,…

Themes: sympathy · grief · reflection