Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MONKS, by CLAUDE HOUGHTON


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First Line: Amid the mist-hung cloisters of my soul
Last Line: And praise thy hallowed name in endless prayer.
Subject(s): Love; Memory; Monks; Prayer


AMID the mist-hung cloisters of my soul,
Pass all my thoughts like monks in sackcloth clad,
With heads downcast and ardent eyes that scan
The breviary of love, or slowly tell
The holy beads of memory's rosary.
Day-long they pass in meditation rapt
And when the veils of night enshroud the world,
Prostrate they lie within their silent cells
Before the solemn mystery of Love,
And praise thy hallowed name in endless prayer.





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