Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JESUS THE CARPENTER, by CHARLES M. SHELDON First Line: If I could hold within my hand Last Line: But brotherhood was builded there. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
If I could hold within my hand The hammer Jesus swung, Not all the gold in all the land, Nor jewels countless as the sand, All in the balance flung, Could weigh the value of that thing Round which his fingers once did cling. If I could have the table Christ Once made in Nazareth, Not all the pearls in all the sea, Nor crowns of kings or kings to be As long as men have breath, Could buy that thing of wood he made The Lord of Lords who learned a trade. Yea, but his hammer still is shown By honest hands that toil, And round his table men sit down; And all are equals, with a crown Nor gold nor pearls can soil; The shop of Nazareth was bare But brotherhood was builded there. | 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 QUATRAIN: OMAR KHAYYAM (AFTER FITZGERALD) by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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