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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONSECRATION, by PATRICK F. KIRBY First Line: Silence, - and a muted bell rings Last Line: At calvary! | |||
Silence, -- and a muted bell rings; Old words are spoken in an ancient tongue; And music ceases; before these Holy things Be song unsung. Within this Holy place none trod Until the High Priest opened wide the door; Now God and man are mingled in one God! Kneel and adore! Across the wine-cup trembling hands Move cruciform, -- "these things -- remembering Me"; Lifting a deathless Christ, the cross stands At Calvary! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEQUEL TO FINALITY by PATRICK F. KIRBY SONG FOR THESE DAYS by PATRICK F. KIRBY APOLLO AT LAX by KAREN SWENSON THE WINE OF NIGHT by LOUIS UNTERMEYER OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER SONG OF SUMMER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HIS PRAYER TO BEN JONSON by ROBERT HERRICK TO MR. THOMAS SOUTHERNE, ON HIS BIRTHDAY, 1742 by ALEXANDER POPE VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1876 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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