Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MEMORY OF LOVE, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Religious love! It is most sure and true Last Line: For as thou honourest love -- so will love honour thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Memory; Worship | ||||||||
RELIGIOUS LOVE! it is most sure and true, That Man, before he felt the dank night-air Of this our nether birth, thy kingdom knew, And bathed his Spirit in the day-spring there. Else could world-withered age and flippant youth, Minds of unloving and unlovely mould, Who hold the "ancient lie" for solid truth, And prize its wretched life-dross all as gold, -- Could these, the minions of the dust, -- even these, Descant of thee as a familiar name, -- Detect thy signs, revere thy mysteries, And, godless else, adore thy altar-flame? And Poets too have been, who boldly own They never felt thy influence o'er them shine, But whose high Art has built thee many a throne, Where thou canst fitly sit, confessed divine. Remember then, oh Pilgrim! and beware, -- Thou, with that Memory for a master-key, Wilt open Heaven, and be no alien there, -- For as thou honourest Love -- so will Love honour thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL by CLAUDE MCKAY LITTLE WHITE CHURCH by MARILYN NELSON A STEEPLE ON THE HOUSE by ROBERT FROST MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by GEORGE SANTAYANA COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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