Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REAL PRESENCE, by IVAN ADAIR First Line: Not on an altar shall mine eyes behold thee Last Line: My god ... My brother-man. Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
Not on an altar shall mine eyes behold Thee; Though Thou art sacrifice, Thou too art Priest; Bend, that the feeble arms of Love enfold Thee, So Faith shall bloom, increased. Not on a Cross, with passion buds around Thee, Thorn-crowned and lonely, in Thy suffering; Nay, but as watching Mary met and found Thee, Dawn-robed, the Risen King. Not in the past, but in the present glorious, Not in the future, that I cannot span, Living and breathing, over death victorious, My God ... my Brother-Man. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY |
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