Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VOICE OF CHRISTMAS, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot put the presence by, of him, the crucified Last Line: The master of the centuries who will not be denied! Subject(s): Christianity; Christmas; Crucifixion; Religion; Nativity, The; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology | ||||||||
I CANNOT put the Presence by, of Him, the Crucified, Who moves men's spirits with His Love as doth the moon the tide; Again I see the Life He lived, the godlike Death He died. Again I see upon the cross that great Soul-battle fought, Into the texture of the world the tale of which is wrought Until it hath become the woof of human deed and thought, And, joining with the cadenced bells that all the morning fill, His cry of agony doth yet my inmost being thrill, Like some fresh grief from yesterday that tears the heart-strings still. I cannot put His Presence by, I meet Him everywhere; I meet Him in the country town, the busy market-square; The Mansion and the Tenement attest His Presence there. Upon the funneled ships at sea He sets His shining feet; The Distant Ends of Empire not in vain His Name repeat, And, like the presence of a rose, He makes the whole world sweet. He comes to break the barriers down raised up by barren creeds; About the globe from zone to zone like sunlight He proceeds; He comes to give the World's starved heart the perfect love it needs, The Christ Whose friends have played Him false, Whom Dogmas have belied, Still speaking to the hearts of menTho' shamed and crucified, The Master of the Centuries Who will not be denied! | 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 A SAILOR CHANTEY (ON BARK 'PESTALLOZI' OFF TRISTAN D'ACUNHA ISLANDS) by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP |
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