Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THREE MEN OF TRURO: 3. C.W.S. THE FOURTH BISHOP OF TRURO, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH


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THREE MEN OF TRURO: 3. C.W.S. THE FOURTH BISHOP OF TRURO, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Prince of courtesy defeated
Last Line: Te, flammantibus in portis!
Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T.
Subject(s): Clergy; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


PRINCE of courtesy defeated,
Heir of hope untimely cheated,
Throned awhile he sat and, seated,

Saw his Cornish round him gather;
'Teach us how to live, good Father!'
How to die he taught us rather:

Heard the startling trumpet sound him,
Smiled upon the feast around him,
Rose, and wrapp'd his coat, and bound him

Where beyond the awful surges,
Bathed in dawn on Syrian verges,
God! thy star, thy Cross emerges.

And so sing we all to it—
Crux, in cœlo lux superna,
Sis in carnis hac taberna
Mihi pedibus lucerna:

Quo vexillum dux cohortis
Sistet, super flumen Mortis,
Te, flammantibus in portis!





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