TEMPLE of God, from all eternity Alone like Him without beginning found; Of time and space and solitude the bound, Yet in thyself of all communion free. Is, then, the temple holier than He That dwells therein? Must reverence surround With barriers the portal, lest a sound Profane it? Nay; behold a mystery! What was, abides; what is, hath ever been: The lowliest the loftiest sustains. A silence, by no breath of utterance stirred -- Virginity in motherhood -- remains, Clear, midst a cloud of all-pervading sin, The voice of Love's unutterable word. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BUGLER'S FIRST COMMUNION by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS LINES WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF MRS. HEMANS by MARIA ABDY FROM A YOUNG WOMAN TO AN OLD OFFICER WHO COURTED HER by ELIZABETH FRANCES AMHERST PSALM 84: THE SPARROW by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE RESIGNATION by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN LOVE POEMS: 2. ON A LADY'S YELLOW HAIR, POWDERED WITH WHITE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 24 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |