Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ST. MICHAEL; A HYMN, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou champion high Last Line: And summon all to meet the omniscient judge on high. Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Michael, Saint | ||||||||
THOU champion high Of Heaven's imperial Bride, For ever waiting on her eye, Before her onward path, and at her side, In war her guard secure, by night her ready guide! To thee was given, When those false angels rose Against the Majesty of Heaven, To hurl them down the steep, and on them close The prison where they roam in hopeless unrepose. Thee, Michael, thee, When sight and breathing fail, The disembodied soul shall see; The pardon'd soul with solemn joy shall hail, When holiest rites are spent, and tears no more avail. And thou, at last, When Time itself must die, Shalt sound that dread and piercing blast, To wake the dead, and rend the vaulted sky, And summon all to meet the Omniscient Judge on high. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL; A STATUETTE: 1; SONNET by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL; A STATUETTE: 2; SONNET by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK HYMN: MICHAELMAS DAY by REGINALD HEBER ENLIGHTMENT! by HEINRICH HEINE MAELISU'S HYMN TO THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL by MAELISU MICHAELMAS by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL by KATHARINE TYNAN SAINT MICHAEL by CHARLES WILLIAMS |
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