As flames that consume the mountains, as winds that coerce the sea, Thy men of renown show forth Thy might in the clutch of death: Down they go into silence, yet the Trump of the Jubilee Swells not Thy praise as swells it the breathless pause of their breath. What is the flame of their fire, if so I may catch the flame; What the strength of their strength, if also I may wax strong? The flaming fire of their strength is the love of Jesu's Name, In Whom their death is life, their silence utters a song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME by ROBERT HERRICK CUMNOR HALL by WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE EPITAPH by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE WOODLANDS by WILLIAM BARNES O FOR A SOUL by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TO HESTER ON THE STAIR by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT IN A BALCONY by ROBERT BROWNING |