Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AN INCIDENT IN A CHURCH, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER


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AN INCIDENT IN A CHURCH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As one whose eyes, by gleam of waters caught
Last Line: The symbol of the holiest death of all.
Subject(s): Churches; Cathedrals


As one whose eyes, by gleam of waters caught,
Should find them strewn with pansies, so to me
It chanced that morning, as I bowed the knee,
Soliciting th' approach of hallow'd thought;
I dreamed not that so dear a tomb was nigh;
My sidelong glance the lucid marble drew,
And, turning round about enquiringly,
I found it letter'd with the names I knew;
Three precious names I knew, and loved withal,
Yea, knew and lov'd, albeit too briefly known -
Louisa, Henry, and the boy just grown
To boyhood's prime, as each received the call;
And, over all, carv'd in the same white stone,
The symbol of the holiest death of all.





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