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The Last Supper.


They are assembled, astounded a·stound  
tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds
To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise.



[From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen,
, bewildered,

round him who, like a sage centered at last,

withdraws from those to whom he once belonged

and flows beyond them as some foreigner.

The former solitude comes over him

which raised him to perform his profound acts;

again he'll wander in the olive grove Olive Grove was Sheffield Wednesday F.C.'s first permanent football ground, home to the club for just over a decade at the end of the 19th Century. It was located near Queens Road in the centre of Sheffield. ,

and those who love him will now run from him.

He summons them to the final meal

and (as a shot shoos birds from sheaves sheaves 1  
n.
Plural of sheaf.


sheaves
Noun

the plural of sheaf

sheaves sheaf
)

he shoos their hands from bread

with his word: they flutter up to him;

they flap about the table anxiously

searching for some way out. But he,

like an evening hour, is everywhere.

From Divine Inspiration: The Life of Jesus in World Poetry by Robert Atwan Robert Atwan (born November 2 1940, Paterson, New Jersey) is an essayist and editor of several anthologies of literature. He attended Seton Hall University and Rutgers University.

He compiles the The Best American Essays.
, George Dardess, and Peggy Rosenthal. Copyright 1988 by Robert Atwan, George Dardess, and Peggy Rosenthal. Published by arrangement with Oxford University Press, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
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Author:Rilke, Rainer Maria
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Date:Apr 1, 1998
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