Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONFIRMATION, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO First Line: An organ swelling out its solemn measure Last Line: Look at the picture, prithee, ere we go! Subject(s): Children; Clergy; Confirmation; Childhood; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops | ||||||||
"Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet." An organ swelling out its solemn measure, Its tones a-tremble on the morning air; An altar wreathed with fragrant buds of spring-time; A group of children, motionless in prayer. An earnest look upon the childish faces, So fair and innocent and free from guile; The boyish ones already brave and noble The girlish faces, tender with a smile. In each a timid look of awe and wonder A wish to scan the chart of time to be; To seek, perchance, some fairy-land of pleasure Within the bounds of bright reality. O future! Mystic realm of light and shadow! What will they find within thy portal grand? Does joy lie dreaming in thy moonlit meadow? Does happiness beside thy gate-way stand? What will young Israel in thee discover? What fate will mark its era on thy chart? The blight of apathy? its mould and mildew? Or deeds dictated by a Jewish heart? These children will they prove themselves as worthy The loving trust of parents and of friends? Will they sustain the dream that, in its beauty, The future with a tinge of glory blends? A group of angel faces hover o'er them, Enlisted by a mother's joyful tear A group of loving angels of protection, Responsive to a father's hope and fear. The light of tapers falls in solemn splendor; A psalm is sung by some one soft and low; And now a rabbi lifts his hands in blessing; Look at the picture, prithee, ere we go! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE DEMENTED PRIEST by JOHN BERRYMAN HORATIO ALGER (1834-1899) by MADELINE DEFREES ELEGIES FOR THE OCHER DEER ON THE WALLS AT LASCAUX by NORMAN DUBIE IN THE TIME OF FALSE MESSIAHS; CIRCA 1648 by NORMAN DUBIE THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK (SPOKEN BY A CITIZEN OF MALTA - 1300) by EMMA LAZARUS DOMESDAY BOOK: FATHER WHIMSETT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: REV. PERCY FERGUSON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THIS SIDE OF CALVIN by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY WHAT WAS LEFT OVER; FOR SUJATA BHATT by ELEANOR WILNER A DREAM OF LIFE by MIRIAM DEL BANCO A FLOW'RET IN THE GARLAND; FOR OUT GREAT CENTENARIAN by MIRIAM DEL BANCO |
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