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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIVINA COMMEDIA (INTRODUCTORY POEMS): 1, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Oft have I seen at some cathedral door
Last Line: While the eternal ages watch and wait.
Variant Title(s): With The Ages
Subject(s): Catholics; Roman Catholics; Catholicism
First Line: Oft have I seen at some cathedral door
Last Line: While the eternal ages watch and wait.
Variant Title(s): With The Ages
Subject(s): Catholics; Roman Catholics; Catholicism
Oft have I seen at some cathedral-door
A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat,
Lay down his burden, and with reverent feet
Enter, and cross himself, and on the floor
Kneel to repeat his pater-noster o'er;
Far off the noises of the world retreat;
The loud vociferations of the street
Become an undistinguishable roar.
So, as I enter here from day to day,
And leave my burden at this minster-gate,
Kneeling in prayer, and not ashamed to pray,
The tumult of the time disconsolate
To inarticulate murmurs dies away,
While the eternal ages watch and wait.
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