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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST SUPPER, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What song sang the twelve with the saviour Last Line: That blow by the white gravestones. Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Last Supper, The | |||
"And when they had sung an hymn they went out unto the Mount of Olives." -- Bible. What song sang the twelve with the Saviour When finish'd the sacrament wine? Were they bow'd and subdued in behavior, Or bold as made bold with a sign? What sang they? What sweet song of Zion With Christ in their midst like a crown? While here sat Saint Peter, the lion; And there like a lamb, with head down, Sat Saint John, with his silken and raven Rich hair on his shoulders, and eyes Lifting up to the faces unshaven Like a sensitive child's in surprise. Was the song as strong fishermen swinging Their nets full of hope to the sea? Or low, like the ripple-wave, singing Sea-songs on their loved Galilee? Were they sad with foreshadow of sorrows, Like the birds that sing low when the breeze Is tip-toe with a tale of tomorrows, -- Of earthquakes and sinking of seas? Ah! soft was their song as the waves are That fall in low musical moans; And sad I should say as the winds are That blow by the white gravestones. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST SUPPER by JACQUES PREVERT H. SACRAMENT by JOSEPH BEAUMONT THURSDAY IN HOLY WEEK by JOSEPH BEAUMONT A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 32 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LAST SUPPER; A PICTURE BY LEONARDO DA VINCI by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY LAST SUPPER by JACQUES PREVERT A CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER |
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