Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON TRINITY SUNDAY (2), by JOHN BYROM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One god the father - certainly this term Last Line: Will find in their true, single hearts a place. Subject(s): Christianity; Churches; Faith; Holy Ghost; Religion; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed; Holy Spirit; Theology | ||||||||
ONE God the Fathercertainly this term Does not a barren Deity affirm, Without the Son; without the native light, By which its fiery Majesty is bright; Without the Spirit of the fire, and flame Of life divine, eternally the same. More onethan any thing beside can be, Because of its inseparable three; Which nothing can diminish or divide, Tho' it should break all unity beside; For this, as self-begetting, self-begot, And to itself proceeding, it can not. This total oneness of its threefold bliss, Life, light, and Joy of nature's vast abyss, No tongue so well can utter, but the mind, That seeks for somewhat to object, may find. No end of questions, if we must contest A truth, by saints, of ev'ry age, express'd. The church did always, always will agree In its one worship of the Holy Three; As taught by Christ, that unity divine Was full and perfect, that is, unitrine: He said,Baptize all nations, and proclaim Of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the name. The Holy! Holy! Holy! of the host Of Heav'n, is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; Not holyholierand holiest But one, triune, same holiness confess'd; One God, one loving and beloved love; On Earth below ador'd, in Heav'n above. One living fulness of all perfect good; Its own essential fountain, stream, and flood: And, when according to the Christian creed, Men worship God in spirit, word, and deed; Faith, hope, and love's triunity of grace, Will find in their true, single hearts a place. | 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 A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY (2) by JOHN BYROM |
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