“Argument,” Ensign, June 1972, 51
Argument
Aesthetic sensibility
has been
decreeing that
I should not sing
hymns lustily,
a trifle sharp or flat.
Musicians wince
as I intone
pure praise
and real thanksgiving.
This second form of
worship gives me
such a zest for living!
I’m sure God can distinguish
a false note
from the start;
but does he
analyze the voice—
or listen to the heart?