George MacDonald (Джордж Макдональд)

A Better Thing

I took it for a bird of prey that soared
High over ocean, battled mount, and plain;
'Twas but a bird-moth, which with limp horns gored
The invisibly obstructing window-pane!

Better than eagle, with far-towering nerve
But downward bent, greedy, marauding eye,
Guest of the flowers, thou art: unhurt they serve
Thee, little angel of a lower sky! 

1. The Gospel Women. 11. The Woman of Samaria
2. The Gospel Women. 2. The Woman that lifted up her Voice
3. A Memorial of Africa
4. The Gospel Women. 3. The Mother of Zebedee's Children
5. The Gospel Women. 4. The Syrophenician Woman

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