First Communion
by MARGARET McGOVERN
THEY said: with God upon pour tongue,
The world will change.
And though I was so light and young
It seemed not strange.
The world will change.
And though I was so light and young
It seemed not strange.
That bread could be 11 is earthly lair
And wine His Blood:
To me was but His heavenly flair
For giving food.
And wine His Blood:
To me was but His heavenly flair
For giving food.
Ah, never was there such a shine
On land or sea
As in that thrall of His and mine
Eternity!
On land or sea
As in that thrall of His and mine
Eternity!
Never a child more joyous felt
That life was true:
Yet when my all of being knelt
The Source unto —
That life was true:
Yet when my all of being knelt
The Source unto —
So sudden pierced my love of Love,
So loath to cheat
The Word made flesh and all thereof,
I wept to eat.
So loath to cheat
The Word made flesh and all thereof,
I wept to eat.
They said: though you are light and young
He will not change.
And there with God upon my tongue,
The world grew strange.
He will not change.
And there with God upon my tongue,
The world grew strange.