Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRESENCE, by KENNETH SLADE ALLING First Line: When the departing, great sun stands Last Line: Like hidden trumpets, answering drums. Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
When the departing, great sun stands And plants, on the last hill, his feet, He comes; likewise to morning lands, Or down a dim and crowded street. To-day I knew that ecstasy; A soaring light was all my blood, And, in me, voices, like the sea, Shouted and my heart understood. To-day He smote earth with the flame, That clothes His presence when He comes And earth grew vibrant with His name, Like hidden trumpets, answering drums. | 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 BEAUTY by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |
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