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Hawker, Robert Stephen - The Vine - Hearken, there is in old Morwenna's shrine
Identifier
001809
Type of Spiritual Experience
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Robert Stephen Hawker – The Vine
Hearken – there is in old Morwenna's shrine,
(A lonely sanctuary of the Saxon days,
Reared by the Severn sea for prayer and praise),
Amid the carved work of the roof, a vine;
Its root is where the eastern sunbeams fall
First in the chancel, then along the wall
Slowly it travels on, a leafy line,
With here and there a cluster, and anon
More and more grapes, until the growth hath gone
Through arch and aisle. Hearken and heed the sign.
See! At the altar-side the steadfast root
Mark well the branches, count the summer fruit;
So let a meek and faithful heart be thine,
And gather from that tree a parable divine