Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BREAK DOWN THE WALLS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY First Line: Break down the old dividing walls Last Line: One living of the living word. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
Break down the old dividing walls Of sect, and rivalry, and schism, And heal the body of Thy Christ With anoint of Thy chrism! Let the strong wind of Thy sweet grace Sweep through Thy cumbered house, and chase The miasms from the Holy Place! Let Thy white beam of light beat in, And from each darkest corner win The shadows that have sheltered sin! Cleanse it of shibboleths and strife, End all the discords that were rife, Heal the old wounds and give new life! Break down the hedges that have grown So thickly all about Thy throne, And clear the paths, that every soul That seeks Thee -- of himself alone May find, and be made whole! -- One church, one all-harmonious voice, One passion for Thy High Employs, One heart of gold without alloys, One striving for the higher joys, One Christ, one Cross, one only Lord, One living of the Living Word. | 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 NEW EARTH by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY |
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