Mystic Trees by Michael Field [i.e. K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper] |
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THE PRESENTATION
They say it is a King
His Temple entering!
His Temple entering!
The great veil doth not rock
With gust and earthquake shock:
With gust and earthquake shock:
But all the air is stilled
As at a law fulfilled.
As at a law fulfilled.
Dreams from their graves rise up—
Melchizedek with cup;
Melchizedek with cup;
Abraham most glad of heart,
A little way apart.
A little way apart.
Mary, to keep God's Word,
Brings Babe and turtle-bird.
Brings Babe and turtle-bird.
Lo, Simeon draweth in,
And doth his song begin!
And doth his song begin!
Great doom is for her Son,
And Mary's heart undone.
And Mary's heart undone.
Oh, Simeon is blest,
Christ in his arms is prest!
Christ in his arms is prest!
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Mary's sweet doves are slain;
She takes her Babe again:
She takes her Babe again:
And in her heart she knows
He will be slain as those:
He will be slain as those:
And on her journey home
She feels God's Kingdom come.
She feels God's Kingdom come.
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