Christ and The Pagan by John Bannister Tabb

Christ and The Pagan

by John Bannister Tabb

I had no God but these,
The sacerdotal Trees,
And they uplifted me.
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‘I hung upon a Tree.’
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The sun and moon I saw,
And reverential awe
Subdued me day and night.
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‘I am the perfect Light.’
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Within a lifeless Stone-
All other gods unknown-
I sought Divinity.
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‘The Corner-Stone am I.’
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For sacrificial feast
I slaughtered man and beast,
Red recompense to gain.
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‘So I, a Lamb, was slain.
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‘Yea; such My hungering Grace
That wheresoe’er My face
Is hidden, none may grope
Beyond eternal Hope.’