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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAINT NAZAIRE, by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY First Line: The church at carcassone is filled with ghosts Last Line: With the dust of stars forever and forever. Subject(s): Churches; Ghosts; Prayer; Religion; Saints; Supernatural; Cathedrals; Theology | |||
The church at Carcassone is filled with ghosts That float like folds of fog, with incense drenched Along the aisles, their shadowy fingers clutch At massive piles and rise to the great apse In vapory clouds that push with puny strength The mighty arc. Drifting they drop down Before the sacred shrine on fleshless knees, To pray remembered prayers and litanies. Travesties of prelate and pope, weary Of crypt and rotting shroud, with sightless sockets And formless grins, beseech the calm eyed saints For succor. Throw the doors open wide And let a strong wind blow these sorry shapes Out to the unknown, to mingle and commingle With the dust of stars forever and forever. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY CABIN AT TARLETON by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY |
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