Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MORSUS ET SALVATIO, by JAMES MONROE DOWNUM First Line: No darkest night was e'er so drear and weird Last Line: Filling the soul with noblest life sublime! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed | ||||||||
No darkest night was e'er so drear and weird, No stormy wintry day was e'er so dread, As blackest guilt of sin within the heart, That quivers 'neath a conscience full awake. 'Tis like the gnawing of the serpent's fangs In deepest soul, with demon's taunting laugh, And all the foes of hell in hideous roll, Mocking the suffering soul yearning for light, Repentant, deeply craving quiet peace! But still the darkness grows as though all hope Had fled the blackest ways spread out before Leading to still more dreary, doleful scenes -- But looking up, behold, a star -- a light! A voice of sweet consoling tones, so soft And low, removing every dreary thought And scene, and leaving only joy and peace, A joy and peace so pure that all of life Is new, a love so true for all the world, A faith now leads along the higher way Filling the soul with noblest life sublime! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION by MINA LOY CAMPUS SONNET: RETURN - 1917 by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET BALLAD MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HIS MOTHER .. PRAY TO OUR LADY by FRANCOIS VILLON |
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