W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895.
The Woman of Samaria
George MacDonald (18241905)I
She strayed in listless mood:
When back she ran, her pitcher full
Forgot behind her stood.
A weary man she saw,
Who sat upon the well so deep,
And nothing had to draw.
Was ready with reply;
From out the old well of the land
She drew him plenteously.
She stands with open ears;
He spake of holy days in store,
Laid bare the vanished years.
She hurries to the town,
And cries aloud in street and mart,
“The Lord is here: come down.”
Its tale a dreary sound:
Ah! let it go—or good or bad,
She has the Master found.