by Wm. Walters
And this too, we know, is a gift come from God—
A glimpse of the gladness of mind in creation,
A glint off the shells on the shore where we play.
We’ll revel in this—and all truths revealed to us.
Love works a wonder once more in our lives;
His name will be Isaac, and we’ll laugh with God.
Wm. Walters is a professor of English and linguistics at Rock Valley College, in Rockford, IL (US). His grandson Isaac is now six years old, and–true to the prophecy of the poem and the meaning of his name–the boy has a knack for making everyone laugh.