The Gardener 75
At midnight the would-be ascetic announced:"This is the time to give up my home and seek for God. Ah, who hasheld me so long in delusion here?"God whispered, "I," but the ears of the man were stopped.With a baby asleep at her breast lay his wife, peacefully sleepingon one side of the bed.The man said, "Who are ye that have fooled me so long?"The voice said again, "They are God," but he heard it not.The baby cried out in its dream, nestling close to its mother.God commanded, "Stop, fool, leave not thy home," but still he heard not.God sighed and complained, "Why does my servant wander to seek me,forsaking me?"
Words in this poem
- ascetic a.
- Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
- nestling n.
- A young bird which has not abandoned the nest. Piers Plowman.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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