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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE WHEATFIELD, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Give us this day our daily bread
Last Line: "for 'tis the master's gift you bear."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Wheat
First Line: Give us this day our daily bread
Last Line: "for 'tis the master's gift you bear."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Wheat
Give us this day our daily bread.
"O wheat," the wind in passing said,
"'Tis you that answer everywhere
This call of life's incessant prayer;
Bow, then, in reverence your head,
For 'tis the Master's gift you bear."
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