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The Eyes Of Father Margil, 1717

Story ID:115
Written by:Darrell Lindsey
Story type:Poem
Location:Nacogdoches Texas USA
Year:1964
Person:mother


The Eyes Of Father Margil,1717


A year after Mission Guadalupe was built
Father Margil and his comrades
were returning from a trip
it was hot August weather
and Lanana Creek was dry
but Spanish legend has it
that their thirst was satisfied.

Father Margil went up the creek alone
and knelt to pray
just as he had prayed
with Indians along the way
then like Moses in the desert
he tapped the rock with his cane
and from the barren Texas ground
the water of life did rain.

They rejoiced in the coolness
of the holy springs
tasted the pure miracle
on their weary lips
and though that band later made their way
to the Rio Grande
what they left behind in Nacogdoches
is flowing still.
No drought has ever been able to dry out
"The Eyes Of Father Margil."




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