<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521613" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Simeon's Blessing</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Blessings<br>on this radiant child.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'll smear his head <br>with bitter oils, cool <br>his brow with the waters<br>of paradise, <br>and with sweet incense<br>raise to heaven<br>his soul! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">...but I fear for the life<br>my failing eyes foresee<br>how the rich of this land<br>will fear him, strike him down, <br>covet even the air<br>he breathes, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and you, daughter, <br>the soldiers will pierce <br>your tender breasts<br>with hot swords<br>of envy, tear<br>an open wound<br>deep in your heart, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to be a sanctuary<br>for all the mothers<br>of all the children<br>yet to be slain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Most blessed<br>are you, my child, most holy<br>is your name.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Steven+Federle">Steven Federle</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521613" data-title="Simeon's Blessing de Steven Federle" data-description="Blessings on this radiant child. I'll smear his head with bitter oils, cool his brow with the waters of paradise, and with sweet incense raise to heaven his soul! ...but I fear for the life my failing eyes foresee how the rich of this land w..."></div> </div> </div>

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