A LITANY TO BRIGID Brigid, excellent goddess, sudden flame— Give us your warmth, and keep us in your love. Triple flame, flame of love in our hearts, flame of vision In our minds, flame of comfort on our hearth— Give us your warmth, and keep us in your love. You who bring the visions we see in the depths Of the hearth fire— Give us your warmth, and keep us in your love. Flame of love in all the worlds— Give us your warmth, and keep us in your love. You bring the lambs at the first waking of spring, And kindle the need-fire at winter’s onset— Give us your warmth, and keep us in your love. You make the words of a poem shine Like stars in the depths of a well— Give us your warmth, and keep us in your love. Your mantle is spread to make a world and A home for us— Give us your warmth, and keep us in your love. You bring healing in your hands, and comfort For those who suffer— Give us your warmth, and keep us in your love. We light a thousand candles for you, and though They go out, the flames in our hearts never will— Give us your warmth, and keep us in your love. Litanies Home