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What Man is There of You?
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2
The homely words how often read!
How seldom fully known!
"Which father of you, asked for bread,
Would give his son a stone?"
How oft has bitter tear been shed,
And heaved how many a groan,
Because thou wouldst not give for bread
The thing that was a stone!
How oft the child thou wouldst have fed,
Thy gift away has thrown!
He prayed, thou heard'st, and gav'st the bread:
He cried, "It is a stone!"
Lord, if I ask in doubt and dread
Lest I be left to moan,
Am I not he who, asked for bread,
Would give his son a stone?
Cite this poem
MLA
MacDonald, George. “What Man is There of You?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonald/255/.
Chicago
MacDonald, George. “What Man is There of You?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonald/255/.
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