Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HERE IN THIS PASTURE, by MABEL WARD RUDD


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HERE IN THIS PASTURE, by                    
First Line: Here in this pasture where wandering sheep
Last Line: Of a tender god.
Subject(s): Fields; God; Sanctuaries; Sheep; Pastures; Meadows; Leas


Here in this pasture where wandering sheep
Nibble stubble, I will keep
A sanctuary; here, where small things
Like the ways of an ant
Or a butterfly's wings
Assume importance;
Where dingy weeds
Seem as welcome to scatter
Their lusty seeds
As the showy hardhack
Or thistle which make
Splashes of beauty among the brake;
A sanctuary
That shall be
For wandering sheep,
Men like me
Who, in this precious solitude
May cleanse their thoughts
Of a bitter mood;
For here, in this pasture,
Stretched on the sod
I have felt the warmth
Of a tender God.





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