Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHRIST AND ORPHEUS (1), by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: What means this vain ideal of our lord Last Line: Thy wisdom match messias with a shade? Subject(s): Christianity; Orphism (mystic Greek Cult) | ||||||||
What means this vain ideal of our Lord, With 'Orpheus' underwritten? Couldst thou see With eyes of faith the Incarnate Deity, That faith a nobler title would accord Than this, whereat no Christian fancy warms; Thou would'st not score the mythic harper's name Beneath the fallen head and outstretched arms, Nor seem to blink our dear Redeemer's claim To His own cognizance and proper fame; The sorrowing manhood of the King of kings, The double nature, and the death of shame, The tomb - the rising - are substantial things, Irrelevant to Orpheus. What hath made Thy wisdom match Messias with a shade? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHRIST AND ORPHEUS (3) by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER LETTY'S GLOBE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE BUOY-BELL by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LACHRYMATORY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LATTICE AT SUNRISE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LION'S SKELETON by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE VACANT CAGE (1) by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER A BIRTHDAY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER A BRILLIANT DAY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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