Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917.
Arthur Shearly Cripps (18691952)308. An Easter Hymn
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His Eyes weep rains to swell them in their bed,
Whereby the dust-grains of our lives are fed.
Alleluia!
The Seed-corn of the Flesh He took, He laid—
One white small Grain beneath a sealed rock’s shade.
Alleluia!
When forth it sprouted blade and flower and corn,
And with Its lifted Head the seal was torn!
Alleluia!
Shrivelled and sere and void of speech and sight,
Is that blind Seed Who burst His way to light.
Alleluia!
Innumerable beneath our grey rocks sleep,
Yet He that cared to sow us cares to reap.
Alleluia!