Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 28. VISITATION OF THE SICK, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sabbath bells renew the inviting peal Last Line: With a bad world, and foil the tempter's arts. Subject(s): Sacraments | ||||||||
THE Sabbath bells renew the inviting peal; Glad music! yet there be that, worn with pain And sickness, listen where they long have lain, In sadness listen. With maternal zeal Inspired, the Church sends ministers to kneel Beside the afflicted; to sustain with prayer, And soothe the heart confession hath laid bare -- That pardon, from God's throne, may set its seal On a true Penitent. When breath departs From one disburthened so, so comforted, His Spirit Angels greet; and ours be hope That, if the Sufferer rise from his sick-bed, Hence he will gain a firmer mind, to cope With a bad world, and foil the Tempter's arts. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SACRAMENT OF FIRE by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY THE SACRAMENT OF FOOD by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY THE SACRAMENT OF LIFE AND DEATH by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY THE SACRAMENT OF LIGHT by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY THE SACRAMENT OF LOVE by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY THE SACRAMENT OF PAIN by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY THE SACRAMENT OF SLEEP by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY THE SACRAMENT OF WATER by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY THE SACRAMENT OF WORK by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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