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Then answered Elijah, "As thou hast begun,
  Go on till thy home shall appear;
Make cakes of thy meal, and first bake for me one,
Then after another for thee and thy son,
  And your hunger allay without fear.

"For thus saith thy Maker, the meal shall not waste,
  And the oil in the cruise shall not fail,
But thou and thy household his bounty shall taste,
Till the day when his wrath and his anger is past,
  And showers of plenty prevail."

No need had Elijah the words to repeat,—
  To the house of the widow he went;
Many days he sojourned in the quiet retreat,
And she, and her son, and the prophet did eat,
  And the oil and the meal were not spent.

Yet more would you hear how this widow was bless'd,
  How her son from the dead was restored,
Go turn to the Book where the tale is express'd,
  Of Elijah, beloved of the Lord.