Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOLDEN CHURCH AND CEMETERY (KENYON, MINNESOTA), by GERTRUDE HANSON


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HOLDEN CHURCH AND CEMETERY (KENYON, MINNESOTA), by                    
First Line: Today my feet have walked on sacred sod
Last Line: The heritage they left has timeless worth.
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Churches; Pioneers; Graveyards; Cathedrals


Today my feet have walked on sacred sod
Where pioneers of Viking blood are sleeping
Around an altar which they raised to God,
As Jacob did, a shrine now in the keeping
Of their own children's children.... On this plot
Of consecrated earth, the trees they planted
Point heavenward; and from this holy spot
Young hearts intone the praise their elders chanted....
Stout-hearted pioneers! Through every struggle
That faced them on this soil; in every sorrow
The strange years brought to them; through fogs of trouble
Their arms were strengthened for each new tomorrow
By faith in God.... On this bewildered earth
The heritage they left has timeless worth.





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