Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM, by HENRY KIRKE WHITE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: When, marshaled on the nightly plain Last Line: The star! -- the star of bethlehem! Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
WHEN, marshalled on the nightly plain, The glittering host bestud the sky, One star alone, of all the train, Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem: But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the Star of Bethlehem. Once on the raging seas I rode, The storm was loud, the night was dark, The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed The wind that tossed my foundering bark. Deep horror then my vitals froze, Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem; When suddenly a star arose, -- It was the star of Bethlehem. It was my guide, my light, my all, lt bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm and dangers' thrall! It Ied me to the port of peace. Now safely moored, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, Forever and forevermore, The Star! -- the star of Bethlehem! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY THE EARLY PRIMROSE by HENRY KIRKE WHITE |
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