| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 304. ‘Lo, I am with you always’ |
| By John Charles Earle |
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| WIDE fields of corn along the valleys spread; | |
| The rain and dews mature the swelling vine; | |
| I see the Lord is multiplying bread; | |
| I see Him turning water into wine; | |
| I see Him working all the works divine | 5 |
| He wrought when Salemward His steps were led; | |
| The selfsame miracles around Him shine; | |
| He feeds the famished; He revives the dead; | |
| He pours the flood of light on darkened eyes; | |
| He chases tears, diseases, fiends away; | 10 |
| His throne is raised upon these orient skies; | |
| His footstool is the pave whereon we pray. | |
| Ah, tell me not of Christ in Paradise, | |
| For He is all around us here to-day. | |
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