"CHRISTO ET ECCLESIAE." 1700 TO GOD'S ANOINTED AND HIS CHOSEN FLOCK: So ran the phrase the black-robed conclave chose To guard the sacred cloisters that arose Like David's altar on Moriah's rock. Unshaken still those ancient arches mock The ram's-horn summons of the windy foes Who stand like Joshua's army while it blows And wait to see them toppling with the shock. Christ and the Church. Their church, whose narrow door Shut out the many, who if over bold Like hunted wolves were driven from the fold, Bruised with the flails these godly zealots bore, Mindful that Israel's altar stood of old Where echoed once Araunah's threshingfloor. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TAM O' SHANTER by ROBERT BURNS ON PASSING THE NEW MENIN GATE by SIEGFRIED SASSOON FACADE: 27. WHEN SIR BEELZEBUB by EDITH SITWELL IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 13 by ALFRED TENNYSON THE FIRE SIDE; A PASTORAL SOLILOQUY by ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE TWO GARDENIAS by BEULAH JACKSON CHARMLEY |