From The Vineyard, March 1913. The illustrations to this poem have parallels with Blount's other illustrated song, 'The Song of the Sower' shown in a previous post here.
When the seeds are sown
They quicken all together,
In soothing showers, and sun,
And wind and wintry weather.
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| Our Daily Bread by Godfrey Blount |
When the green blades sprout
From their purple prison,
Little song-birds shout,
“Jesus Christ is risen.”
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| Our Daily Bread by Godfrey Blount |
When kind people walk
Where the corn is yellow,
Every sturdy stalk
Stoops to kiss his fellow.
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| Our Daily Bread by Godfrey Blount |
When the harvest heaves
With many a golden gable,
All shock-headed sheaves
Praise God who spreads the table.
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| Our Daily Bread by Godfrey Blount |
Give us this day our daily bread,
And daily honest labour,
That every creature may be fed,
And learn to love its neighbour.
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| Our Daily Bread by Godfrey Blount |
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