| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | The Women Who Ministered unto Him | | George MacDonald (1824–1905) |
| | | ENOUGH he labours for his hire; | |
| Yea, nought can pay his pain; | |
| But powers that wear and waste and tire, | |
| Need strength to toil again. | |
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| They give him freely all they can; | 5 |
| They give him clothes and food; | |
| In this rejoicing, that the man | |
| Is not ashamed they should. | |
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| High loves take form in lowly thing; | |
| He knows the offering such; | 10 |
| To them ’tis little that they bring, | |
| To him ’tis very much. | | | | |
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