Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHRIST AND THE PAGAN, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: I had no god but these Last Line: "beyond eternal hope." Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Paganism & Pagans | ||||||||
I had no God but these, The sacerdotal trees, And they uplifted me. "I hung upon a Tree." The sun and moon I saw, And reverential awe Subdued me day and night. "I am the perfect Light." Within a lifeless stone -- All other gods unknown -- I sought Divinity. "The Corner-Stone am I." For sacrificial feast I slaughtered man and beast, Red recompense to gain. "So I, a Lamb, was slain. "Yea, such My hungering Grace That whereso'er My face Is hidden, none may grope Beyond eternal Hope." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO MANON: ON READING CERTAIN LETTERS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A BALLAD IN BLANK VERSE by JOHN DAVIDSON A BALLAD OF TANNHAUSER by JOHN DAVIDSON TO A NEO-PAGAN by LEE WILSON DODD THE PAGAN SOUL by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON VALE ET AVE by GEORGE SANTAYANA ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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