risen out
of the
earth,
something
more than
erect,
like
swallows
alighted
and
walking on
the
ground: –
“And as he
spake, his
wings
would now
and
then,Spread,
as he
meant to
fly, then
close
again – ”
so that we
should
suspect
that we
might be
conversing
with an
angel.
Bread may
not always
nourish
us; but it
always
does us
good, it
even takes
stiffness
out of our
joints,
and makes
us supple
and
buoyant,
when we
knew not
what ailed
