Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ETERNAL CALVARY, by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN Poet's Biography First Line: Not so indeed shall be our creed Last Line: And thou shalt love, o man! Alternate Author Name(s): Dolben, Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth Subject(s): Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819-1861) | ||||||||
The clouded bill attend thou still, And bim that went witbin. A. CLOUGH. NOT so indeed shall be our creed, -- The Man whom we rely on Has brought us thro' from old to new, From Sinai to Zion. For us He scaled the hill of myrrh, The summits of His Passion, And is set down upon the throne Of infinite Compassion. He passed within the cloud that veiled The Mount of our Salvation, In utter darkness swallowed up Until the Consummation. The clouds are burst, the shades dispersed; Descending from above With wounded hands our Prophet stands, And bears the Law of Love. Receive it then, believe it then, As childlike spirits can; Receive, believe, and thou shalt live, And thou shalt LOVE, O man! Not so indeed shall be our creed, -- To wait a new commission, As if again revealed to men Could be the heavenly Vision; The priceless thing He died to bring From out the veil, to miss, While Host and Cup are lifted up On countless Calvarys. 'Among the dead,' an angel said, 'Seek not the living Christ.' The type is done, the real begun, Behold the Eucharist! The curse is spent, the veil is rent, And face to face we meet Him, With chanting choirs and incense fires On every altar greet Him. Receive it then, believe it then, As childlike spirits can; Receive, believe, and thou shalt live, And thou shalt LOVE, O man! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A REPUBLICAN FRIEND, 1848 by MATTHEW ARNOLD A LETTER by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN A POEM WITHOUT A NAME: 1 by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN A POEM WITHOUT A NAME: 2 by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN A PRAYER by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN A SEA SONG by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN A SONG OF EIGHTEEN by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN AFTER READING AESCHYLUS by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN AFTER READING HOMER by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN ANACREONTIC by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN BEYOND by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN BREVI TEMPORE MAGNUM PERFECIT OPUS by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN |
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