DUE praise be his whose skill to Strasburg gave This master-piece of mechanism rare, More precious wisdom theirs whose daily care Is on their heart its homilies to grave. Peter at cockcrow wept—like him we have Denied our Lord, though sworn His cross to bear; Blest they who with him weep, and with him share The contrite spirit, which alone can save! Work ere night cometh, nor the time prolong; That voice which speaks in every ringing chime, Of mercy now, warns still of vengeance due. How many join that transept's midday throng With curious eye to mark the step of @3Time,@1 To ponder on @3Eternity@1 how few! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FARRAGUT by WILLIAM TUCKEY MEREDITH THE HIGH-PRIEST TO ALEXANDER by ALFRED TENNYSON PRESENTIMENT by AMBROSE BIERCE HIGH SUMMER by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A WEDDING MARCH by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT COUPLETS IN PRAISE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LAST REVIEW by EMILY J. BUGBEE |