Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HYMN: FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY: 1, by REGINALD HEBER


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HYMN: FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY: 1, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Room for the proud! Ye sons of clay
Last Line: "far from his palace door."
Subject(s): Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect


ROOM for the proud! Ye sons of clay,
From far his sweeping pomp survey,
Nor, rashly curious, clog the way
His chariot wheels before!

Lo! with what scorn his lofty eye
Glances o'er age and poverty,
And bids intruding conscience fly
Far from his palace door!

Room for the proud! but slow the feet
That bear his coffin down the street:
And dismal seems his winding-sheet
Who purple lately wore!

Ah! where must now his spirit fly
In naked, trembling agony;
Or how shall he for mercy cry,
Who show'd it not before!

Room for the proud! in ghastly state
The lords of hell his coming wait,
And flinging wide the dreadful gate
That shuts to ope no more.

"Lo here with us the seat," they cry,
"For him who mock'd at poverty,
And bade intruding conscience fly
Far from his palace door."





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