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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STATUE OVER THE CATHEDRAL DOOR, by JULIUS MOSEN Poet's Biography First Line: Forms of saints and kings are standing Last Line: Round me still these birds of air. | |||
Forms of saints and kings are standing The cathedral door above; Yet I saw but one among them Who hath soothed my soul with love. In his mantle,--wound about him, As their robes the sowers wind,-- Bore he swallows and their fledglings, Flowers and weeds of every kind. And so stands he calm and childlike, High in wind and tempest wild; O, were I like him exalted, I would be like him, a child! And my songs,--green leaves and blossoms,-- To the doors of heaven would hear, Calling even in storm and tempest, Round me still these birds of air. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL by JULIUS MOSEN THE LOVER IN HELL by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET JULY IN GEORGY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON GEIST'S GRAVE by MATTHEW ARNOLD ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER by JOHN KEATS OUR STATE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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