Wherever one repenting soul Prays, in its agonies of pain, By God's sweet grace to be made whole, -- @3There, Christ is born again.@1 Wherever -- bond of ancient thrall -- A strong soul bursts its shackling chain, And upward strains to meet the call, -- @3There, Christ is born again.@1 Wherever vision of the Light Disturbs the sleeping souls of men, Night trails away its shadowy flight, -- @3And Christ is born again.@1 Wherever soul in travail turns, And climbs the barriers that constrain, With steady cheer Hope's sweet lamp burns, -- @3And Christ is born again.@1 Where one foul thing is purged away, And Life delivered of one stain, Love rims with gold the coming day, -- @3And Christ is born again.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THREE SPRING NOTATIONS ON BIPEDS by CARL SANDBURG A LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THRENODY by RALPH WALDO EMERSON COMMEMORATION ODE READ AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 1 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI CALAIS SANDS by MATTHEW ARNOLD TO MISS KINDER, ON RECEIVING A NOTE DATED FEBRUARY 30TH by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |