grant serenity to our mind, and purify our deeds; that,
after the clouds of this world, after the darkness
of the present life, He would breathe into tomorrow's morn,
and He would instill the joys of a heavenly life.a
- It is again helpful to recall that the Versified Legend does not conclude with a description of Clare’s canonization as the Legend does. This suggests that the Versified Legend was written before that significant event.