Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT TENNENT CHURCH, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography First Line: As on the summer sabbath that saw the roll Last Line: This spot is hallowed ground. Subject(s): Churches; Monmouth, Battle Of (1778); Cathedrals | ||||||||
As on the summer Sabbath that saw the roll O'er Monmouth's fields the sulphurous battle murk, Down from its grassy, grave-engirdled knoll Looks Tennent's ancient kirk. They smote and open flung yon very door To bear the wounded from the sanguine flood; Still show -- ah, glorious baptism -- on the floor Grim stains of patriot blood! Along that undulant highway Washington Rode up, the panic and defeat to quell; Beyond that slope-crest where the cattle run Is brave Moll Pitcher's well! Again we see it all as here we stand, The bitter travail and the strife profound; To us whose birthright is this noble land This spot is hallowed ground. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIRGIN IN GLASS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 3. FEEDING THE RABBITS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR EXPLICATION OF AN IMAGINARY TEXT by JAMES GALVIN DOMESDAY BOOK: FATHER WHIMSETT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HALF-AND-HALF by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE AT THE CHURCH DOOR by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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