Mystic Trees by Michael Field [i.e. K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper] |
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BAPTISM
A babe, still, rosy from the Cherubim,
Set solid by his mother on my knee!
O lovelier the vision that I see,
The oscillating light that sits with him!
Set solid by his mother on my knee!
O lovelier the vision that I see,
The oscillating light that sits with him!
O fresh as the first fig-leaf Eden sprung,
Warm as the egg that from the dove we part—
Something thou lackest ... drops of chrism clung
About thee, and God's charms wrapt round thy heart.
Warm as the egg that from the dove we part—
Something thou lackest ... drops of chrism clung
About thee, and God's charms wrapt round thy heart.
O hidden Sacrament, O second Birth,
O honey-breeding Secret in the hive,
Stealing as Ver by inches through the earth,
Spurring each instinct mightily alive!
O honey-breeding Secret in the hive,
Stealing as Ver by inches through the earth,
Spurring each instinct mightily alive!
Shall they deprive thee of this lovely thing?
O Babe, weep with me for thy christening!
O Babe, weep with me for thy christening!
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