Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO JOSEPH PARKER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Voice of english voices Last Line: Christ's imperial cross! Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops | ||||||||
Voice of English voices, Point of England's pen, Flame of England's conscience, Leonine of men! How is greatness greatened, When it lifts its face To a constant passion, In a constant place! Where the true man preaches, In a gown or smock, There is a cathedral, There the people flock. Where the true man preaches, Though the phrases flash, Though the worded music Like a fountain plash, With a light whose glory Dims all else to dross, Rises, sole and simple, Christ's imperial Cross! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE DEMENTED PRIEST by JOHN BERRYMAN HORATIO ALGER (1834-1899) by MADELINE DEFREES ELEGIES FOR THE OCHER DEER ON THE WALLS AT LASCAUX by NORMAN DUBIE IN THE TIME OF FALSE MESSIAHS; CIRCA 1648 by NORMAN DUBIE THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK (SPOKEN BY A CITIZEN OF MALTA - 1300) by EMMA LAZARUS DOMESDAY BOOK: FATHER WHIMSETT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: REV. PERCY FERGUSON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THIS SIDE OF CALVIN by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY WHAT WAS LEFT OVER; FOR SUJATA BHATT by ELEANOR WILNER A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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