THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE
In keeping with the teaching of the Jews
They took the infant to Jerusalem
A gift of sparrows all that they could choose
To offer to the Lord awaiting them
The temple's ancient handmaid met them there
She gave the highest honour to the Lord
And saintly Simeon warned the Virgin fair
A sword would pierce her tender mother's heart
Destroying the hopes every young mother holds,
He prophetically tore them apart,
Throughout her long life she recalled he foretold
That her future showed pain on its chart
For thirty years she bravely struggled through
until the dreaded prophecy came true
Luky Whittle
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