Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IS IT TRUE?, by SARAH (SADIE) WILLIAMS First Line: Is it true, o christ in heaven Last Line: We should just see god and die? Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
IS IT TRUE, O Christ in Heaven, That the highest suffer most? That the strongest wander furthest, And more helplessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature Is capacity for pain? And the anguish of the singer Makes the sweetness of the strain? Is it true, O Christ in Heaven, That whichever way we go Walls of darkness must surround us, Things we would but cannot know? That the infinite must bound us Like a temple veil unrent, Whilst the finite ever wearies, So that none's therein content? Is it true, O Christ in Heaven, That the fullness yet to come Is so glorious and so perfect That to know would strike us dumb? That if ever for a moment We could pierce beyond the sky With these poor dim eyes of mortals, We should just see God and die? | 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 OMAR AND THE PERSIAN by SARAH (SADIE) WILLIAMS |
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