PROUD is assembly, and the anthem proud That populous nave and aisle and gallery raise In conscious strength, till God in his bright cloud Seems hovering to that multitude of praise. Yet from this mild prosaic book, as loud, As strong, as various, from as many throats, I hear the Gloria of a golden crowd, And there the heavenly wing still brighter floats. I hear the trumpet and alarm of time Appeal, and men and women of great soul Replying, singing to their genius climb; Deep wisdoms hearten, organ-yearnings roll; Tried faith transfigures every imperfection Into one chant, one radiance and election. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GIRL OF CADIZ by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE VOYAGE TO VINLAND: 3. GUDRIDA'S PROPHECY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL FOR CHARLIE'S SAKE by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 105 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI BIRTH by ANNIE RAYMOND STILLMAN SUMMER NIGHT by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE HERO OF VIMY; AN INCIDENT OF THE GREAT WAR by BRENT DOW ALLINSON |