Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ICONOCLASTS, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE


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ICONOCLASTS, by                    
First Line: There are those who would silence the thrush
Last Line: Comes the luminous face of christ!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Death - Children; Religion; Spirituality; Death - Babies; Theology


I

THERE are those who would silence the Thrush,
And stifle his woodnotes wild;
But never for them the Evening's hush
Or the heart of a little child!

II

There are those who would ravish a flower,
The heart of a maid despoil;
But the Spirit that lives from hour to hour
Shall it ever their souls assoil?

III

There are those who would strangle Belief,
Profaning the mystic tryst;
But over the swirling waters of grief
Comes the luminous face of Christ!





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