Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE SANCTISSIMUM: 3. AT COMMUNION, by CHARLES WILLIAMS


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ON THE SANCTISSIMUM: 3. AT COMMUNION, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Still must the implacable road lie dark and bare
Last Line: Though still thy hid communion serves me best.
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Churches; Eucharist; Religion; Catholic Priests; Cathedrals; Communion; Theology


STILL must the implacable road lie dark and bare
Before me, all the turnpike dues being paid
And right direction followed, which obeyed
Should have led long since unto thy presence? Where,
My God, is any house now but despair?
Whose is the guilt if still the frost invade
The hoped-for Spring, and check the piercing blade
Of love? what love, when warmth deserts the air?

Deserts?—when all thy fellows thou canst see,
O foolish heart, bright with a noble cheer,
On all sides round in new perfection drest!
Thou couldst not miss them, Lord, therefore not me!
Thou art in them, then here, O therefore here!
Though still thy hid communion serves me best.





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