Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHURCH FLOORE, by GEORGE HERBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mark you the floore? That square & speckled stone Last Line: Could build so strong in a weak heart. Variant Title(s): The Church-floor Subject(s): Churches; Cathedrals | ||||||||
MARK you the floore? That square and speckled stone Which looks so firm and strong, Is Patience: And th' other black and grave, wherewith each one Is checker'd all along, Humilitie: The gentle rising, which on either hand Leads to the quire above, Is Confidence: But the sweet cement, which in one sure band Ties the whole frame, is Love And Charitie. Hither sometimes Sinne steals, and stains The marbles neat and curious veins: But all is cleansed when the marble weeps. Sometimes Death, puffing at the doore, Blows all the dust about the floore; But while he thinks to spoil the room, he sweeps. Blest be the Architect, whose art Could build so strong in a weak heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIRGIN IN GLASS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 3. FEEDING THE RABBITS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR EXPLICATION OF AN IMAGINARY TEXT by JAMES GALVIN DOMESDAY BOOK: FATHER WHIMSETT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HALF-AND-HALF by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE AT THE CHURCH DOOR by GEORGE SANTAYANA A DIALOGUE ANTHEM by GEORGE HERBERT |
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