Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOY OUT OF CHURCH, by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As jesus and his followers Last Line: Were never made for man. Subject(s): Sabbath; Sunday | ||||||||
AS Jesus and his followers Upon a Sabbath morn Were walking by a wheat field They plucked the ears of corn. They plucked it, they rubbed it, They blew the husks away, Which grieved the pious Pharisees Upon the Sabbath day. And Jesus said, "A riddle Answer if you can, Was man made for the Sabbath Or Sabbath made for man?" I do not love the Sabbath, The soapsuds and the starch, The troops of solemn people Who to Salvation march. I take my book, I take my stick On the Sabbath day, In woody nooks and valleys I hide myself away. To ponder there in quiet God's Universal Plan, Resolved that church and Sabbath Were never made for man. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAT GAL O' MINE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SUNDAY: NEW GUINEA by KARL SHAPIRO SABBATHS: 2001 by WENDELL BERRY SUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAY by PAUL BLACKBURN THE SABBATH OF THE SOUL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD COUNTING THE BEATS by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES |
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