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COMMUNION by CLARA FOX

First Line: A MAN SAW A SOFT BROWN, NEWLY-CUT, WHEAT FIELD
Last Line: HE FELT THE STRENGTH OF GOD RISE UP IN HIM.
Subject(s): FAITH; FIELDS; GOD; HARVEST; LABOR & LABORERS; WHEAT; BELIEF; CREED; PASTURES; MEADOWS; LEAS; WORK; WORKERS;

A man saw a soft brown, newly-cut, wheat field,
So spacious it would hold the world.
The mountains of wheat stacks,
Rising in dull purple, against
The fading azure of the evening sky
Seemed to him the work of God.
And knowing it was but the work of man,
He felt the strength of God rise up in him.



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