'Nor can we forget that the great Apostle of faith has yet placed faith below love.'—CLAUDE G. MONTEFIORE (on St. Paul) in the @3Jewish Quarterly Review.@1 APOSTLE, citizen, and artisan! About thy vast cathedral, through the street Is hurrying tramp of multitudinous feet; But far within, for many a homeless man Thy shrine is home, where, for a passing span, Cool silence stills the heart's tumultuous beat: Before the altar he may rest and eat Who has not broken bread since day began. Thou who didst glory in the uplifted cross Whereby ascended Love, self-sacrificed, Draws all men near, and heart to heart a few, Thou who didst count the world for love but loss, Hail, chosen servant of the risen Christ, Ambassador of God, great-hearted Jew! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WE PARTED IN SILENCE by JULIA CRAWFORD ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: FOURTH SONG by PHILIP SIDNEY AMONG THE REDWOODS by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 20. AL-'ALIM by EDWIN ARNOLD OLD HOMES by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE BROOK by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |