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Bread and Circuses

Chapter 93: POST-COMMUNION
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A lyrical collection of short poems ranges from quiet country scenes and childhood memories to urban sketches and religious reflections. The poet renders streams, gardens, market sellers, and domestic interiors in close sensory detail while pairing everyday observation with moral and spiritual meditation. Animal vignettes and playful pieces for children sit alongside elegies, prayers, and ironic portraits of modern life, producing tones of humour, tenderness, and solemnity. Varied forms and concise portraits move between pastoral lanes, London streets, and intimate household moments while attending to time, sorrow, and faith.

POST-COMMUNION

Lord, when to Thine embrace I run Gathered like waters to the Sun, Shape me to such celestial mirth As may go back and glad the earth. Let Thy rays compass me, and crowd Into the semblance of a cloud Mine idle and dispersèd powers; That I, the casket of Thy showers, May, for my closeness, coloured be (Howe’er so faintly) like to Thee,
And when Thou loosest me to go Diffused into Thy world below, May I, till drip of words shall cease, Sing of Refreshment, Light and Peace; And, poured into the Time’s abyss, Revive one blossom for Thy bliss.