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Mystic Trees

by Michael Field [i.e. K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper]

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HOW OFTEN

I

Philip has three loaves, but what are these?
Jesus has the cornfields in His hand—
All the store of Egypt's granaries:
And the multitude at ease
Sitteth on the green grass in its flower.

II

Lo, His guests!—there is a table spread:
Jesus has a fragment in His hand.
One by one He prays them to be fed
With this bit of broken Bread ...
And He sighs. It is the darkest hour.