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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO SONNETS: HARVARD. 1. 'CHRISTO ET ECCLESIAE,' 1700, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: To god's anointed and his chosen flock
Last Line: Where echoed once araunah's threshingfloor.
Subject(s): Harvard University
First Line: To god's anointed and his chosen flock
Last Line: Where echoed once araunah's threshingfloor.
Subject(s): Harvard University
"CHRISTO ET ECCLESIAE." 1700
TO GOD'S ANOINTED AND HIS CHOSEN FLOCK:
So ran the phrase the black-robed conclave chose
To guard the sacred cloisters that arose
Like David's altar on Moriah's rock.
Unshaken still those ancient arches mock
The ram's-horn summons of the windy foes
Who stand like Joshua's army while it blows
And wait to see them toppling with the shock.
Christ and the Church. Their church, whose narrow door
Shut out the many, who if over bold
Like hunted wolves were driven from the fold,
Bruised with the flails these godly zealots bore,
Mindful that Israel's altar stood of old
Where echoed once Araunah's threshingfloor.
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