Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOUR FRIENDS, by LEO WARD


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FOUR FRIENDS, by                    
First Line: Full life, sweet rest, great love that cannot cease
Last Line: And nature one with god, at nazareth!
Subject(s): Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750); Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827); Composers; Franck, Cesar (1822-1890); Music & Musicians


Full life, sweet rest, great love that cannot cease --
Surely Bach saw the beatific host!
As the deep waters of the Holy Ghost
On young Mozart rained purity and ease --
'Twas a full heart, God-centered and at peace;
While, from that awful gloom where souls are lost,
Or raised to the height of hope, confessed and crossed,
The vision of Beethoven sought release,

Taking each beam of grace that pierced his world
To light the fearsome steps from hell to Heaven
And paint the hard-won victory over death! ...
And now upon life's battle Franck has hurled
The mystery of Christ: yea, death is riven,
And nature one with God, at Nazareth!





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