Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CLIFF CHURCH: (WEMBURY), by JOHN GALSWORTHY


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THE CLIFF CHURCH: (WEMBURY), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Here stand I
Last Line: To eternity!
Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John
Subject(s): Churches; Devonshire, England; Cathedrals


HERE stand I,
Buttressed over the sea!
Time and sky
Take no toll from me.

To me, grey --
Wind-grey, flung with foam --
Ye that stray
Wild-foot, come ye home!

Mother, I --
Mother I will be!
Ere ye die,
Hear! O sons at sea!

Shall I fall --
Leave my flock of graves?
Not for all
Your rebelling waves!

I stand fast --
Let the waters cry!
Here I last
To Eternity!





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