Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY OFFERING, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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First Line: He asked me bread, the bread whereby alone
Last Line: "a serpent, see!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


He asked me bread, the bread whereby alone
The beggar Love could live;
I gave a stone.
He asked me fish, and I, a Passion's slave
(All that I had to give),
A serpent gave.
Then came his benediction; "Lo, in Me,
A Stone retributive,
A Serpent, see!"





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