Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ECHOES, by HELEN M. FRANCIS


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First Line: High up among the cobwebs of the roof
Last Line: Save little answering voices all around.
Subject(s): Singing & Singers; Voices; Worship; Songs


HIGH up among the cobwebs of the roof,
Where the black beams their heavy shadows throw,
There dwells an echo, myriad in its sounds,
Varying with its master, the great pipes
Of metal, humming as they're played in turn.
The organ sings a carol merrily,
And the echo lilting to the strain it sings
Tosses it back and forth along the beams,
As a juggler of balls throws colored bagatelles.
A gentle hush falls on the murmuring,
A flute-like echo rises to the dome
And lingering it signals back and forth,
For the notes hark'ning, tarry there a while
To calm and warm and lull a restless heart.
Again the music changes and a chord
Like noise of rushing waters comes to us,
Sound upon sound; they battle as they rise
To hurl themselves into returning tones,
A hymn as noble as crusaders sang
While marching to the ever distant goal.
The martial music ceases,—all is still
Save little answering voices all around.





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