<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539508" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Litany</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are the bread and the knife,<br> The crystal goblet and the wine...<br> -Jacques Crickillon</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are the bread and the knife,<br>the crystal goblet and the wine.<br>You are the dew on the morning grass<br>and the burning wheel of the sun.<br>You are the white apron of the baker,<br>and the marsh birds suddenly in flight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">However, you are not the wind in the orchard,<br>the plums on the counter,<br>or the house of cards.<br>And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.<br>There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge,<br>maybe even the pigeon on the general's head,<br>but you are not even close<br>to being the field of cornflowers at dusk.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And a quick look in the mirror will show<br>that you are neither the boots in the corner<br>nor the boat asleep in its boathouse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It might interest you to know,<br>speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,<br>that I am the sound of rain on the roof.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I also happen to be the shooting star,<br>the evening paper blowing down an alley<br>and the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am also the moon in the trees<br>and the blind woman's tea cup.<br>But don't worry, I'm not the bread and the knife.<br>You are still the bread and the knife.<br>You will always be the bread and the knife,<br>not to mention the crystal goblet and--somehow--the wine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Anonymous submission.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Taylor+Collins">William Taylor Collins</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=539508" data-title="Litany de William Taylor Collins" data-description="You are the bread and the knife, The crystal goblet and the wine... -Jacques Crickillon You are the bread and the knife, the crystal goblet and the wine. You are the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the sun. You are the white a..."></div> </div> </div>

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