Wher’er you ripened fields behold
Waving to God their shields of gold,
Be sure some corn of wheat has died,
Some saintly soul been crucified:
Someone has suffered, wept, and prayed,
And fought hell’s legions undismayed.

–A. S. Booth Clibborn

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. –John 12:24