Divine Epigrams: On the Miracle of the Multiplied Loaves
See here an easy feast that knows no wound, That under hunger's teeth will needs be sound; A subtle harvest of unbounded bread, What would ye more? Here food itself is fed.
Richard Crashaw
See here an easy feast that knows no wound, That under hunger's teeth will needs be sound; A subtle harvest of unbounded bread, What would ye more? Here food itself is fed.
Richard Crashaw’s tiny epigram turns the miracle of the loaves and fishes into a delighted puzzle. He points to a feast that doesn’t get torn apart by hungry mouths—it stays “sound” even while being eaten.
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