Higher Voices

When we were weary, the Lord gave us rest.

He sent cool breezes

To temper the burning heats of noontide.

Bitter springs did he sweeten for our sake.

The wind brought fat quails from the sea.

When our entrails were gnawed with hunger,

Lo, after the morning dews had risen,

There lay on the face of the wilderness

Manna, small and round, the bread of heaven.