Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SONG OF JOSEPH, by MARY BRENT WHITESIDE


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THE SONG OF JOSEPH, by                    
First Line: None shall make a yoke or plow
Last Line: In the light of god.
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


None shall make a yoke or plow
Better than my own,
But this child, whose sunlit brow,
Holds the kiss of angels now, --
He will build a throne.

Mine to teach his little hands;
He shall learn the whole
Craft the workman understands,
But in this and wider lands,
He will guide the soul.

I shall show him tricks of birds,
Where the sparrows built their nests,
Teach him lore of fleecy herds,
But his heart will hold the words
Hid in sages' breasts.

Mine to teach the lower ways,
Little secrets of the sod;
His to guide in later days,
Where celestial torches blaze,
In the light of God.





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