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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CANDLELIGHT, by NORA HEFLEY MAHON
First Line: There is a potency in candlelight
Last Line: That seem so hallowed by the watch they keep.
Subject(s): Candles; Churches; Cathedrals
First Line: There is a potency in candlelight
Last Line: That seem so hallowed by the watch they keep.
Subject(s): Candles; Churches; Cathedrals
There is a potency in candlelight:
I see a great cathedral where there burn
Tall candles in a dim and flickering glow,
Still figures kneeling, while low voices give
Their murmured prayers -- these rise and softly go.
A banquet board is spread, and 'neath soft shades
Of rose and gold a filtered light streams out
To play upon the scene of Beauty rare,
With Wit and Romance in a merry bout.
Within a quiet chamber quiet lies
A form all peaceful in the last deep sleep,
Guarded by tapers with a mellow sheen,
That seem so hallowed by the watch they keep.
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