Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


LOCUST SONGS: SHILOH CHURCH, 1862: TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND by GEOFFREY HILL

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: O STAMPING-GROUND OF THE SHOD WORD! SO HARD
Last Line: But with what blood, and to what end, Shiloh?
Subject(s): CHRISTIANITY; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

Full Poem Text Available at
http://books.google.com/books?id=ROH-In9REi4C&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=geoffrey+hill+%22O+STAMPING-GROUND+OF+THE+SHOD+WORD!+SO+HARD%22&source=bl&ots=z99vdibojY&sig=hgsBnZfU52z6nP_8LbfAdMXr9ng&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LF3fULO8N4PW9QScpoCwAg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=geo



Home: PoetryExplorer.net