The Anathemata
Sherthursdaye and Venus day (continued)
At the threshold-stone
lifts the agéd head?
can toothless beast from stable come
discern the Child
in the Bread?
At the threshold-stone
lifts the agéd head?
can toothless beast from stable come
discern the Child
in the Bread?
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Argos again. ‘Bread’ here is the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, i.e. the body of Christ.
This is the clearest and most succinct statement in the poem of DJ’s belief that there is a close threefold relationship uniting the Nativity, Calvary and the Eucharist.