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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BUSH CHRISTENING, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On the outer barcoo where the churches are few
Last Line: How he came to be christened maginnis!
Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo'
Subject(s): Clergy; Marriage; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology


A CURE OF SOULS, by DENISE LEVERTOV    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The pastor / of grief and dreams
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


A LANCASHIRE DIALOGUE, OCCASIONED BY A PREACHER WITHOUT NOTES, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Wus yo at church o' sunday morning, john?
Last Line: James. If onny comes, I'll tak it; john,—good bye!
Subject(s): Clergy; Lancashire, England; Language; Preaching & Preachers; Speech; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Words; Vocabulary; Oratory; Orators


A LEGEND, by JEHOASH    Poem Text                    
First Line: To the home of the rabbi a lord in his splendor
Last Line: At the home where his teacher abides.
Alternate Author Name(s): Joash
Subject(s): Bible; Clergy; Jews; Legends, Arabic; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


A LETTER TO A LADY; HER DESIRING AUTHOR TO POLISH POEMS OF BISHOP KEN, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Your book again with thanks, - of worthy men
Last Line: "jesus! Th' eternal song of all the blest!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Ken, Thomas (1637-1711); Poetry & Poets; Rhyme; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


A MODERN PREACHER, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He was a preacher of the modern sort
Last Line: And well reported in the daily press.
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Religious Press; Sermons; Speech; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Oratory; Orators


A NIGHT FANCY, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE    Poem Text                    
First Line: This tide of night that surges slowly
Last Line: They are the grim old monks.
Subject(s): Clergy; Monasteries; Monks; Prayer; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Abbeys


A PARODY, by FREDERICK DOUGLASS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Come, saints and sinners, hear me tell
Last Line: "and this goes down for union."
Alternate Author Name(s): Bailey, Frederick Augustus Washington
Subject(s): Clergy; Hypocrisy; Slavery; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Serfs


A PRAYER OF CYRUS BROWN, by SAM WALTER FOSS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The proper way for a man to pray
Last Line: "a-standing on my head."
Subject(s): Clergy; Prayer; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


A PREACHER, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lest that by any means
Last Line: Dear jane, who thinks me half a saint.
Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


A PRIEST, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Nature and he went ever hand in hand
Last Line: And on his wife's breast fell, serenely dead!
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


A SAD STORY, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: There were two young ladies from birmingham
Last Line: Of the bishop while he was confirming 'em
Subject(s): Clergy;confessions;confirmation; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops


A SENIOR'S PLEA, by JOHN CURTIS UNDERWOOD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear father: once you said, 'my son'
Last Line: "and I can stand a loan."
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


A SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD; MEDIEVAL LATIN STUDENTS' SONG, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: We in our wandering
Last Line: "brother to brother pressed, / tara, tantara, teino!"
Subject(s): Brotherhood;catholic Church - Clergy;religion; Catholic Priests;theology


A STRICTURE ON BISHOP WARBURTON'S DOCTRINE OF GRACE, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Writing or scripture, sacred or profane
Last Line: To deify a book is bibliolatry.
Subject(s): Bible; Clergy; Holy Ghost; Religious Education; Warburton, William (1698-1779); Writing & Writers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Holy Spirit; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial Schools


A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 1. RABBI NACHMAN GOES INTO THE WOODS, by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He would go, in his broken-heartedness, into the woods
Last Line: To open again, soothed, or even healed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, Henry Benjamin; Slavitt, David R.
Subject(s): Clergy; Forests; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Woods


A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 2. THE RABBI IN TOWN, by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: But in town, what? In bratslav or zlatipolia
Last Line: "that penetrates your being. And all being."
Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, Henry Benjamin; Slavitt, David R.
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Towns; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


ACCOMPLISHMENT, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: One and twenty summers come and gone!
Last Line: Forgetful of accomplishment.
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Prayer Meetings; Preaching & Preachers; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ACHONRY (THE LEGEND OF ERIN'S HOPE), by JOHN LAURENCE RENTOUL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The mood of the spring time subtly crept
Last Line: "^1^ ""malo mori quam foedari""—""death sooner than dishonour!"" see notes."
Alternate Author Name(s): Gage, Gervais
Subject(s): Bells; Clergy; Legends, Irish; Monasteries; Ships & Shipping; Travel; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Abbeys; Journeys; Trips


ADDRESS TO THE GARDNER OF BOTHWELL ON COMPLETING 50TH YEAR OF MINISTRY, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pastor revered, beloved! The muse would fain
Last Line: The choir of heaven with harp and song! Farewell!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Clergy; Honor; Service; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ADDRESS TO THE REV. DR. JOHN MUIR, ST JAMES' PARISH, GLASGLOW, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Servant of god! Through fifty honoured years
Last Line: Our god, our faith, our hope, our church, the same!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Clergy; Glasgow, Scotland; God; Religion; Service; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


ADDRESSED TO A CLERYGMAN, by THOMAS ROWLEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: By our pastor perplext
Last Line: "go to sleep,"" says the sermon."
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ADVENTURER, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: The old priest back from africa
Last Line: The wild adventure of being alone
Subject(s): Clergy; Explorers; Knowledge; Solitude


ADVICE TO A PARSON; EPIGRAM, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Would you rise in the church, be stupid and dull
Last Line: Be as poxed and profane as fanatical hort.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ALMA ROSE WRITES FROM ST KILDA, by DEENA LINETT    Poem Source                    
First Line: On the carriage on my way, (blots? Clots?) of dark on the hills
Last Line: When I see you-if seas be calm and weather clear, alma rose
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Prayer; Saint Kilda (scotland); Sisters; Writing And Writers


AN EASTER IDYL, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Many a year the easter came, laughing o'er / land and sea
Last Line: And even in sorrow's exile may lift up her eyes and be blessed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Easter; Holidays; Love; Prayer; Catholic Priests; The Resurrection


AN ELECTION ADDRESS (TO CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, 1882), by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I venture to suggest that I / am rather noticeably fit
Last Line: Respectability I can.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stephen, J. K.
Subject(s): Cambridge University; Clergy; Elections; Politics & Government; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Voting; Voters; Suffrage


AN EXPOSTULATION WITH A SECTARIST, WHO INVEIGHED AGAINST THE CLERGY, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: No, sir; I cannot see to what good end
Last Line: Pray by what marks are we to know self-will?
Subject(s): Clergy; Religious Discrimination; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Religious Conflict


ANCIENT BALLAD: MASS OF LOVE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Dawn of a bright june morning %the birthday of saint john
Last Line: Instead of amen, amen %they sang amor, amor
Subject(s): Clergy; Hearts; John The Baptist, Saint (1st Century); Love; Mass


APPARITION, by RAYMOND DE LA TAILHDE    Poem Text                    
First Line: I come from ancient palaces and earlier mysteries
Last Line: "for I was your god, o peoples! I am love."
Subject(s): Clergy; Facades; Mystery; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Appearances


AT LAST, by ADELAIDE G. WATERS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The rabbi levi let his thoughts be cast
Last Line: So, smiling, he passed out into the light.
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Memory; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


BALLAD OF SALVATION BILL, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas in the bleary middle of the hard-boiled arctic night
Last Line: And preach the gospel sitting on his chest
Subject(s): Clergy


BARBED-WIRE WINTER, by ROLF JACOBSEN    Poem Source                    
First Line: --boy!
Last Line: Knows why. %and then the long life began
Subject(s): Brides; Churches; Clergy; Love; Marriage


BE NOT LIKE SERVANTS BASELY BRED, by ALICE LUCAS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Antigonus of socho said
Last Line: Is better than all life in this.
Alternate Author Name(s): Montefiore, Julia
Subject(s): Clergy; Jacob (bible); Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


BEARD, by PROSCOVIA RWAKYAKA    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the pulpit he swayed and turned
Last Line: The spirit of my dear goat!
Subject(s): Clergy


BENJAMIN ARTOM, by RE HENRY    Poem Text                    
First Line: With mournful pomp they bore him to the grave
Last Line: He loved them—let them comfort her who mourns him most!
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Honor; Jews; Memory; Mourning; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Judaism; Bereavement


BROTHERLY LOVE, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The rabbi judah, so the scribes relate
Last Line: "loveth his brother as he loves himself."
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Love; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


BURIED CITIES; FATHER CHARLES, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: No paler monk than father charles, and none so gaunt or lean
Last Line: With thirty buried cities upon his reverend pate.
Subject(s): Aging; Cities; Clergy; Death; Monks; Urban Life; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


C.J. MCNASPY, S.J., by DANIEL BERRIGAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: And the light %puts out your eyes
Last Line: Puts out your eyes
Subject(s): Clergy; Death


CAREY'S SHOES, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My business is preaching the gospel
Last Line: To the father's home and his heart!
Subject(s): Clergy; Shoes; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers


CHAPEL, by MICHAEL LIEBERMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Goldin's mind was clouded by the sun
Last Line: And windows one day in nineteen sixty-one
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Teaching And Teachers


CHAPEL DEACON, by RONALD STUART THOMAS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Who put that crease in your soul
Last Line: From heaven freshens and I roll in it, %who taught you your deft poise?
Alternate Author Name(s): Thomas, R. S.
Subject(s): Clergy


CHOICE, by BARBARA MASTERSON    Poem Text                    
First Line: They spend their lives in making sense
Last Line: Nor headache on the morning after.
Subject(s): Clergy; Morality; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Ethics


CITY PRIEST, by ANNE HIGGINSON SPICER    Poem Text                    
First Line: So he droned on, of parish work and claims
Last Line: I cannot think that jesus' hands were white!
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


CLERICAL OPPRESSORS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Just god! And these are they
Last Line: As in their home above.
Subject(s): Clergy; Slavery; Social Protest; United States - History; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Serfs


CLERKS PRETEND TO BE SHEPHERDS, by PEIRE CARDINAL    Poem Source                    
Last Line: By robbery, treachery, sermons, %force and hypocrisy
Subject(s): Clergy


CONFIRMATION, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO    Poem Text                    
First Line: An organ swelling out its solemn measure
Last Line: Look at the picture, prithee, ere we go!
Subject(s): Children; Clergy; Confirmation; Childhood; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


CONFIRMATION DAYS, by JR. ORVAL A. LUND    Poem Source                    
First Line: Sitting around in a blue funk, idly
Last Line: Which, come to think of it, would have explained a lot
Subject(s): Catholics; Churches; Clergy; Confirmation


COUNTRY CLERGY, by RONALD STUART THOMAS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I see them working in old rectories
Last Line: Or out of time will correct this
Alternate Author Name(s): Thomas, R. S.
Subject(s): Clergy; Country Life


CRANMER, by CHARLES HUBERT SISSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Cranmer was parson of this parish
Last Line: And saw in the smithy his own fire burning
Subject(s): Clergy


DESIDERATUS MERCIER, by HENRY MORTON ROBINSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Go down, tall priest, to the iron sea
Last Line: Of comets hallowing his name.
Subject(s): Clergy; Comets; God; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


DIALECTIC, by MICHAEL LIEBERMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Even the sun was expectant
Last Line: Rabbi,' I think we understand.'
Subject(s): Clergy; Confessions; Sin


DOMESDAY BOOK: FATHER WHIMSETT, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Looking like raphael's perugino, eyes
Last Line: The two priests rose and left the room together.
Subject(s): Absolution; Churches; Clergy; Love; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


DOMESDAY BOOK: REV. PERCY FERGUSON, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The rev. Percy ferguson, patrician / vicar of christ, companion of the strong
Last Line: The coroner and jury sat and heard: --
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Grief; Life; Love; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness


DON SEBASTIAN: EPILOGUE, by JOHN DRYDEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I quaked at heart, for fear the royal fashion
Last Line: And make me thundring votes of lives and fortune.
Subject(s): Clergy; Incest; Love; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


EASTER BELLS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Chime, solemn bells of easter!
Last Line: And soothe earth's sad unrest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Easter; Holidays; Immortality; Catholic Priests; The Resurrection


EASTER SUNDAY, by BRUCE BOND    Poem Source                    
First Line: The bell choir hurls its hymn of stones
Last Line: And then the pouring of the wine
Subject(s): Clergy; Easter; God; Holidays; Praise; Religion


ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 36. EMIGRANT FRENCH CLERGY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Even while I speak, the sacred roofs of france
Last Line: Give to their faith a fearless resting-place.
Subject(s): Clergy; France; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ELEGIES FOR THE OCHER DEER ON THE WALLS AT LASCAUX, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You are hearing a distant, almost familiar, french cradlesong
Last Line: A white baton flew up!
Subject(s): Caves; China; Clergy; Deer; France; Lament; Caverns; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ELEGY: 3. ON THE DEATH OF DR. ANDREWES, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, by JOHN MILTON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sad and silent I sat, comradeless
Last Line: May the like dreams come to me often again!
Subject(s): Andrewes, Lancelot,(1555-1626); Clergy


ELEGY: 3. ON THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, by JOHN MILTON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Silent I sat, dejected and alone
Last Line: Frequent to me may dreams like this return!
Subject(s): Andrewes, Lancelot,(1555-1626); Clergy; Bishop Of Winchester; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ELEGY: 3. ON THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, by JOHN MILTON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I was sorrowful, sitting with no comrade
Last Line: The dewy breath of numberless roses
Subject(s): Andrewes, Lancelot,(1555-1626); Clergy


ELIAB ELIEZER, by JAMES ROANN REED    Poem Text                    
First Line: The reverend eliab eliezer
Last Line: Lies one that never was preached!
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


EPIGRAM ON SEEING A WORTHY PRELATE GO OUT OF CHURCH, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lord pam in the church (could you think it) kneeled down
Last Line: Since god had no hand in his lordship's promotion.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


EPITAPH AFTER READING RONSARD'S LINES FROM RABELAIS, by JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If fruits are fed on any beast
Last Line: Damned his soul to water springs.
Alternate Author Name(s): Synge, J. M.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


EPITAPH FOR DR. MCCULLOCH; BOTHWELL CHURCHYARD, LANARKSHIRE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: There lies interred beneath this sod, %a sycophantish man of god
Last Line: If he gets in he'll look and stare, %to find some out that he put in there
Subject(s): Clergy


EPITAPH FOR REV. EDWARD SKEPTON, D. 1630; ALDERLEY, CHESHIRE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Here lies below an aged sheepheard, clad in heavy clay
Last Line: Then having shweded them how to feede, hee bade them all farewell
Subject(s): Clergy


EPITAPH ON MR. JOHN SMYTH, CHAPLAIN TO THE EARL OF PEMBROKE, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Know thou, that tread'st on learned smyth inurn'd
Last Line: We shall fall down, and sleep with him in dust.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock
Subject(s): Clergy; Epitaphs; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


EPITAPH ON THE REV. SAMUEL CLARK, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 42, by NATHANIEL COTTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What! Though such various worth is seldom known
Last Line: The man, the friend, the preacher, and the saint.
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Epitaphs; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


EXCELLENT NEW SONG UPON HIS GRACE..LORD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I sing not of the draper's praise, nor yet of william wood
Last Line: As did methusalem of old, and so I end my song.
Subject(s): Clergy; Wood, William (1671-1730); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


EXPLORATION, by MICHAEL LIEBERMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Goldin copied this from memory into his journal
Last Line: And not consider anything?
Subject(s): Clergy; Poetry And Poets; Writing And Writers


FATHER FRANCIS, by WALTER HERRIES POLLOCK    Poem Text                    
First Line: I come your sin-rid souls to shrive
Last Line: A shutter for father francis!
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


FATHER GILLIGAN, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The old priest peter gilligan
Last Line: "asleep upon a chair."
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Variant Title(s): The Ballad Of Father Gilligan
Subject(s): Clergy


FATHER HUCKLEBERRY AND THE AEROPLANE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Well, 'mandy, I got home alive
Last Line: And a little bigger load.
Subject(s): Clergy; Travel; West (u.s.); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Journeys; Trips; Southwest; Pacific States


FATHER HUCKLEBERRY AT SEATTLE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Well, I'm takin' in seattle
Last Line: Cause they feel their growin' pains!
Subject(s): Clergy; Sea Voyages; Seattle, Washington; Spirituality; Travel; West (u.s.); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Journeys; Trips; Southwest; Pacific States


FATHER JOHN, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: He preached but little; argued less
Last Line: More human in its dens of sin
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops


FATHER KILEEN, by HARRY SINCLAIR LEWIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis he that's the most controversial rogue
Last Line: Father kileen!
Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Sinclair
Subject(s): Clergy; Yale University; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


FATHER O'FLYNN, by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Of priests we can offer a charmin' variety
Last Line: Chorus--here's a health to you, father o'flynn, etc.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


FATHER O'SHEA WAS HIS REGIMENT'S PRIDE, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR    Poem Text                    
First Line: Father o'shea was his regiments pride
Last Line: "and send him a padre like father o'shea!"
Subject(s): Clergy; World War I; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; First World War


FATHER WILLIAM, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "'you are old, father william,' the young man said"
Last Line: And then I'll be able to skate
Subject(s): "aging;carroll, Lewis (1832-1898);clergy;" "dodgson, Charles Lutwidge;priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;


FELIX RANDAL, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Felix randal the farrier, o is he dead then? My duty all ended
Last Line: Didst fettle for the great grey drayhorse his bright and battering sandal!
Subject(s): Blacksmiths; Clergy; Death; Mourning; Sickness; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Bereavement; Illness


FIFTY YEARS AT THE ALTAR, by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To-day - fifty years at the altar
Last Line: Will hear thy prayers whispered for me.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


FIVE FOR THE REBBE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The rebbe went dancing
Last Line: All that they drink is life
Subject(s): Clergy;hasidism;jews;mysticism - Judaism; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;judaism


FORGIVENESS, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: That saturday, he forgave them all their sins
Last Line: Four dark walls whispered pardon
Subject(s): Clergy; Confessions; Drinks And Drinking; Forgiveness


FRIAR LAURENCE O'FARRELL: LONGFORD, 1651, by THOMAS WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: The van of ireton's troops at morning broke
Last Line: By ireton gave it formal burial
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Clergy; Religion; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Booth led boldly with his big bass drum
Last Line: Are you washed in the blood of the lamb?
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Booth, William (1829-1912); Clergy; Salvation Army; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT?, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "'let earth give thanks,' the deacon said"
Last Line: And thank god that it ain't no wuss!
Subject(s): Clergy;earth; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;world


GOD AND THE CHAPLAIN'S PRAYER, by PARK JERAULD WHITE JR.    Poem Text                    
First Line: You say it's never right to laugh at prayer?
Last Line: You'd find your holy place filled by another!
Subject(s): Army - United States; Clergy; Prayer; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


GOOD-FRIDAY, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Be hushed, my heart, remembering
Last Line: Full paid on calvary.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Calvary; Catholic Church - Clergy; Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Jesus Christ; Catholic Priests


GRAY STONES AND GRAY PIGEONS, by WALLACE STEVENS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The archbishop is away. The church is gray
Subject(s): Clergy; Colors; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


HE OF PRAYER, by J. F.    Poem Text                    
First Line: Hidden in the ancient talmud
Last Line: By sandalphon—him of prayer.
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Prayer; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


HENRY WARD BEECHER, by CHARLES HENRY PHELPS    Poem Text                    
First Line: His tongue was touched with sacred fire
Last Line: Wherever men lay bound he clave.
Subject(s): Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887); Clergy; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Politics & Government; Writing & Writers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Antislavery Movement - United States


HERE IS MUSIC: LIP-SERVICE, by AUSTIN PHILIPS    Poem Text                    
First Line: In shocked surprise
Last Line: At peace, long since, with god.
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Mouths; Protestantism; Sermons; Speech; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Oratory; Orators


HILLEL AND HIS GUEST; A TALMUDIC LEGEND, by ALICE LUCAS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hillel, the gentle, the beloved sage
Last Line: "to-morrow—may it not have fled away?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Montefiore, Julia
Subject(s): Clergy; Hillel (jewish Sage); Jews; Legends; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


HOLYROOD ABBEY, by RICHARD FOERSTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: No guidebook description prepares for this
Last Line: Like a fragment of the cross
Subject(s): Apostles; Bible; Churches; Clergy; Death; Monasteries; Religion; Skeletons


HORATIO ALGER (1834-1899), by MADELINE DEFREES            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Books were the air I breathed, curled in the morris
Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline
Subject(s): Alger, Horatio (1832-1899); Clergy; Writing & Writers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


HORATIO ALGER (1834-1899), by MADELINE DEFREES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Books were the air I breathed, curled in the morris
Last Line: Like author unknown, %like anonymous, I had arrived, %was secretly famous
Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline
Subject(s): Alger, Horatio (1832-1899); Clergy; Writing And Writers


HOW EVIL ALL PRIESTHOODS, by JAMES HARRISON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Soaked with extra blood
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Clergy; Nature; Religion


HOW THE LAWYERS GOT A PATRON SAINT; A LEGEND OF BRETAGNE, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A lawyer of brittany, once on a time
Last Line: Was touching the form of the devil!
Subject(s): Clergy; Legends; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Religion; Saints; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


IF EVER THERE WAS ONE, by MILLER WILLIAMS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She could tell he loved her. He wanted her there
Subject(s): Clergy; Marriage; Gentility; Sex; Desire; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


IN FREIBURG STATION, by RUPERT BROOKE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In freiburg station, waiting for a train
Last Line: I saw a bishop with puce gloves go by.
Subject(s): Clergy; Gloves; Railroad Stations; Soldiers' Writings; Travel; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Mittens; Muffs; Journeys; Trips


IN MEMORIAM: FATHER KEELER, by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweet christ! Let him live, ah! We need his life
Last Line: Forever, forever, forever more.
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


IN MEMORY OF VERY REV. J. B. ETIENNE, by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A shadow slept folded in vestments
Last Line: In love, I am still one of them.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


IN MORTEM VENERABILIS ANDREAE PROUT CARMEN, by FRANCIS SYLVESTER MAHONY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweet upland! Where, like hermit old, in peace sojourd'd
Last Line: Not so the just.
Alternate Author Name(s): Prout, Father
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Morality; Rest; Tragedy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Ethics


IN THE TIME OF FALSE MESSIAHS; CIRCA 1648, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He sat in the shade of trees at moonrise
Last Line: Everywhere below him there was hope.
Subject(s): Clergy; Famine; Hope; Poland; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Optimism


INTERLUDE, by MARJORIE EASTWOOD DUDLEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Bread of the world,' the choir sang
Last Line: Crept 'round the sculptured virgin's feet.
Subject(s): Altars; Churches; Clergy; Eucharist; Public Worship; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Communion; Church Attendance


INVOCATION, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: O god of the measureless spaces
Last Line: As autumn passeth by.
Subject(s): Charity; Clergy; Sanctuaries; Philanthropy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


JANE HOLLYBRAND; OR, VIRTUE REWARDED: THE GOOD YOUNG SQUIRE, by EDWARD EDWIN FOOT    Poem Text                    
First Line: It hap'd a gentle youth - a lordly heir
Last Line: And forth they'd come.
Subject(s): Clergy; Friendship; Guests; Youth; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Visiting


JOY AND DUTY, by HENRY VAN DYKE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Joy is a duty, --so with golden lore
Last Line: "life is divine when duty is a joy."
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Clergy; Duty; Happiness; Wisdom; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Joy; Delight


LANDSCAPE WITH OBESE FIGURE, by MARTA PESSARRODONA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lost, that written faith
Last Line: From this their putrid, telephonic, %enterprising kingdom
Subject(s): Clergy


LEARNED NEGRO, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: There was a negro preacher, I have heard
Last Line: Our whole theology will be upsot
Subject(s): African Americans; Clergy


LETTER TO THE REVEREND DR SHERIDAN, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Whate'er your predecessors taught us
Last Line: Will you return as hard ones, if I call t'ye
Subject(s): Clergy


LIMERICK, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The reverend henry ward beecher
Last Line: And thus did the hen reward beecher.
Variant Title(s): Eggstravagance
Subject(s): Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887); Clergy; Writing & Writers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


LOVE'S MOODS AND SENSES, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "sally salter, she was a young lady who taught"
Subject(s): Clergy;kisses;love; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops


MASS AT DAWN, by LUIS G. URBINA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Long ago, in times departed
Last Line: And the marvel does not follow!
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Mass; Temples; Worship


MATERIALS OF A STORY, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I met a friend of mine the other day
Last Line: At the street crossing. I went on up town.
Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D.
Subject(s): Clergy; Prisons & Prisoners; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Convicts


METRICAL HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY: THE MARTYRDOM OF DEACON LAURENCE, by EDWARD TAYLOR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Laurence another deacon of choice fame
Last Line: And by a glorious martyredom did end.
Subject(s): Clergy; Puritans In Literature; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


MINISTER, by RONALD STUART THOMAS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the hill country at the moor's edge
Last Line: Correct out of a vaster reason %the vague errors of the flesh
Alternate Author Name(s): Thomas, R. S.
Subject(s): Clergy


MODERN THOUGHTS OF A LAYMAN, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS    Poem Text                    
First Line: In these days of new thought and interpretation
Last Line: For the goats, then will open the great jaws of hell.
Subject(s): Clergy; Religious Education; Sermons; Teaching & Teachers; Thought; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial Schools; Educators; Professors; Thinking


MOUNTAIN LIVING: 18, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING    Poem Source                    
First Line: On the mountainside
Last Line: Moon arises new made up
Subject(s): Clergy; Zen Buddhism


MR MACANDREW WRITES FROM ST KILDA, by DEENA LINETT    Poem Source                    
First Line: I have put aside all thoughts of helping these people
Last Line: Servant, reverend george macandrew of dumblane
Subject(s): Child Molesting; Clergy; Irish Language; Prayer; Religion; Saint Kilda (scotland)


MY FOE, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Gurr! You cochon! Stand and fight!
Last Line: Blood-guilty in sight of god.
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Murder; Religion; War; World War I; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Theology; First World War


MY SAINT, by ANNE DEVOORE    Poem Text                    
First Line: My arms are empty, and my eyes
Last Line: And whisper masses for the dead.
Subject(s): Clergy; Memory; Prayer; Saints; Worship; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


MYSELF, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the catholic priest
Last Line: "though from flesh he was wholly released."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Clergy; Self; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


NATIVITY OF CHRIST, by LUIS DE GONGORA    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Today from the aurora's bosom
Last Line: That flower had fallen, - that crimson blossom
Alternate Author Name(s): Argote Y Gongora, Luis De
Subject(s): Birth; Catholic Church - Clergy; Christmas; Jesus Christ


NUNS OF CHILDHOOD: TWO VIEWS: 1, by MAXINE W. KUMIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O where are they now, your harridan nuns
Last Line: Enthroned as a symbol with upturned palms
Alternate Author Name(s): Kumin, Maxine
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Children; Convents; Nuns; Women


OLD SARUM; LINES ON THE CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH AT SALISBURY, by ALICE COLBURN BEAL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Old sarum sleeps
Last Line: And mostly we take tea.
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Superficiality; Tradition; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


ON A CLERGYMAN'S HORSE BITING HIM, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The steed bit his master
Last Line: "he heard the good pastor / cry, 'all flesh is grass'"
Subject(s): Animals;clergy;horses; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops


ON A CURATE'S COMPLAINT OF HARD DUTY, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I marched three miles through scorching sand
Last Line: What mortal else could e'er go through it!
Variant Title(s): Verses Spoken On His Curate's Complaint Of Hard Duty
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ON AN OLD MINSTER, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Old minster, when my years were few
Last Line: And, as its maker is, divine.
Subject(s): Clergy; Old Age; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ON BISHOP ATTERBURY'S BURYING THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM: 1720, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I have no hopes,' the duke he says, and dies
Last Line: And who can say, the reverend prelate lies?
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


ON BP. ANDREWES'S PICTURE, by RICHARD CRASHAW    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This picture, this sacred face of which has divided to prosper
Last Line: Since you have given life to so many pictures, dear father, %this one picture justly gives life to y
Subject(s): Andrewes, Lancelot,(1555-1626); Clergy


ON DR. RUNDEL; BISHOP OF DERRY, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Make rundle bishop; fie, for shame!
Last Line: Your title had been so much better.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ON THE ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL AND BETTESWORTH, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear dick, prithee tell by what passion you move?
Last Line: Like a very foul mop, dirty more than they clean.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ON THE DEATH OF EDWARD PAYSON, D.D., by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A servant of the living god is dead
Last Line: Shall we bewail our brother -- that he died?
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Payson, Edward (1783-1836); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. MATTHEW GARDNER, D.D. OF BOTHWELL, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ripe, fully ripe, then came the reaper death
Last Line: "my love, my joys are thine, and ""heaven thy home."
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


ON THE DEPARTURE OF REV. MR. WHITE; CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF WABASH COLLEGE, by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Leave us not, man of prayer! Like paul, hast thou
Last Line: Of heaven we may behold his face once more!
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ON THE FRONTISPIECE OF ISAACSONS CHRONOLOGIE EXPLAINED (1), by RICHARD CRASHAW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Let hoary time's vast bowels be the grave
Last Line: That, the world's morning, this her midnight is.
Subject(s): Andrewes, Lancelot,(1555-1626); Clergy; Isaacson, Henry (1581-1657); Bishop Of Winchester; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ON THE IRISH BISHOPS, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Old latimer preaching did fairly describe
Last Line: And god bless the commons for biting the biters.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


ON THE PICTURE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND BISHOP, DR. ANDREWES, by RICHARD CRASHAW    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This picture shows one whom fame shows better
Last Line: Reader, you see him; look! O would that you mught hear him too
Subject(s): Andrewes, Lancelot,(1555-1626); Clergy


ON THE SANCTISSIMUM: 3. AT COMMUNION, by CHARLES WILLIAMS    Poem Text                     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


ON THOSE THAT DESERVE IT, by FRANCIS QUARLES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O when our clergy, at the dreadful day
Last Line: Durst ye not stoop to play the fools for him?
Subject(s): Clergy; Judgment Day; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man


PADDY O'RAFTHER, by SAMUEL LOVER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Paddy, in want of a dinner one day
Last Line: "paddy o'rafther!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Crime & Criminals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE: DANIEL BARTOLI, by ROBERT BROWNING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Don, the divinest women that have walked
Last Line: "you think we vanish scared by the cock's crow."
Subject(s): Bartoli, Daniello (1608-1685); Clergy; Writing & Writers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE: FRANCIS FURINI, by ROBERT BROWNING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Nay, that, furini, never I at least
Last Line: "omnia non omnibus"" -- no harm is meant!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


PARS DE HAT EROUN', by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ef yer wants ter gain de kingdom,'
Last Line: The end.
Subject(s): African Americans; Clergy; Deception; Money; Public Worship; Salvation; Negroes; American Blacks; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Church Attendance


PARSON ALLEN'S RIDE [AUGUST 15, 1777], by WALLACE BRUCE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The 'catamount tavern' is lively tonight
Last Line: The parson who came in his one-horse chaise.
Subject(s): Allen, Thomas (1743-1810); American Revolution; Bennington, Battle Of (1777); Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


PARSON PRITCHETT, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was at protracted meetin', an' the country / church was jammed
Last Line: But ole parson pritchett nailed 'em an' I guess they'll stay away.
Subject(s): Clergy; Public Worship; Sin; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Church Attendance


PARSON'S SOCIABLE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: They carried the pie to the parson's house
Subject(s): Clergy; Food And Eating; Parties; Pies


PAULO POST ORDINATIONEM, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Since then thou pleased art, deer lord
Last Line: Febr. 27.
Subject(s): Clergy; Paul, Saint (1st Century); Sacraments; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Saul Of Tarsus


PERBERON NAMBE MORNING, by A. A. HEDGE COKE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Dust, leaves twirling
Last Line: Me to speak to you of %beauty
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Children; Native Americans - Education; Schools


PETITE STE. ROSALIE, by SUSAN FRANCES HARRISON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Father couture loves a fricassee
Last Line: He's a sensible curé, so jolly and free!
Alternate Author Name(s): Seranus; Frances, Susan
Subject(s): Catholics; Clergy; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


PITEOUS SIGHT, by JAMES LAUGHLIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It seemed to see that
Last Line: Kissed their feet and %begged their blessing
Subject(s): Clergy


PLACE, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: I know the place well,' she said
Last Line: And a parish priest %adored by fleas.'
Subject(s): Clergy


POPE ADDS THE MYSTERIES OF LIGHT, by JAN LEE ANDE    Poem Source                    
First Line: People pass me by in the street, abuzz like bees
Last Line: In the sun between furrowed fingers and thumb
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Meditation; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)


PORTRAIT OF A VICAR, SELS., by GEORGE CRABBE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: But let applause be dealt in all we may
Subject(s): Clergy


PRAYER FOR A PRIEST, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Give him, lord, eyes to behold the truth
Subject(s): Clergy


PRAYERS OF A REPENTANT GENTLEMAN: 2 WHEN THE DEVIL IS EXORCISED, COMMU, by ANTONIO CISNEROS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lord, I feel your blood
Last Line: Cannot escape %from his soul
Subject(s): Clergy; Eucharist; Prayer; Religion


PRAYERS OF A REPENTANT GENTLEMEN: ON THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP, WHO..., by ANTONIO CISNEROS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lord, your accomplice
Last Line: To the slaughter-house
Subject(s): Clergy; Death


PREACH TO THEM, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Preacher, facing needy souls
Last Line: Are the ones preached -- to them.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


PRIEST, by WILLIAM FAULKNER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Evening like a nun shod with silence, evening like a girl slipping along
Last Line: Ave, maria; deam gratiam...Tower of ivory, rose of lebanon
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; God; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Nuns; Women - Bible


PRIEST, by RONALD STUART THOMAS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The priest picks his way
Last Line: Let it be so,' I say. 'amen and amen'
Alternate Author Name(s): Thomas, R. S.
Subject(s): Clergy


PRIEST AND FRIEND, by A. F. VAN BIBBER    Poem Source                    
First Line: A priest of god, his table you have spread
Subject(s): Clergy; Farm Life


PRIEST TO HIS PEOPLE, by RONALD STUART THOMAS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Men of the hills, wantoners, men of wales
Last Line: In a crude tapestry under the jealous heavens %to affront, bewilder, yet compel my gaze
Alternate Author Name(s): Thomas, R. S.
Subject(s): Clergy; Farm Life; Wales


PRIESTS, by JAMES OPPENHEIM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Priests are in bad odour
Last Line: With scourge, pity, and prayer.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


PROVOCATIONS, by JOHN DRINKWATER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am no merry monger when
Last Line: And indignation clears the sky.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


PROXIMITY, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: He's the biggest fool in the place,' she said
Last Line: He's nearest to god
Subject(s): Clergy; Fools; God


RABBI BEN HISSAR, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Rabbi ben hissar rode one day
Last Line: "'I thank thee, lord,' was all he said"
Subject(s): Clergy;death;fathers & Sons;jews; "priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;dead, The;judaism;


RABBI ISHMAEL, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The rabbi ishmael, with the woe and sin
Last Line: "the mercy of the all merciful is sure!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


RABBI RUACH, by INGEMAR LECKIUS    Poem Source                    
First Line: O you who planted the tree of life in theresienstadt,
Last Line: O pollen of fire!
Subject(s): Clergy


RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AGED PASTOR, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I do remember him. His saintly voice
Last Line: This wild-flower garland on thine honor'd tomb.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


REMEMBERING THE PRIEST QUANG TRI, by DOAN VAN KHAM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Though you fled the capital for the woods
Last Line: In rivers and mountains, his face still shines
Subject(s): Clergy; Exiles


RESPICE IN FACIEM CHRISTI, by STEPHEN FRECH    Poem Source                    
First Line: Look to the lord, man, hanging on the tree
Last Line: No salve, nothing to save us but anguish and woe
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ


RHEIMS, by ALFRED E. LONGWEIL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Under the thresh of an iron rain
Last Line: Oh, the cardinal prays!
Subject(s): Clergy; God; Prayer; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


RHYME FOR HOLY SATURDAY, by JAMES MONAHAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This morning father blake / will bless us all
Last Line: Will bless us all.
Subject(s): Clergy; Easter; Holidays; Religion; Worship; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; The Resurrection; Theology


ROOMS, by MARGARET SACKVILLE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I know the heaviness of official rooms
Last Line: (outside an organ's singing in the road!)
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Houses, Deserted; Memory; Rooms; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


S. PHILIP YE DEACON, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Faith, thou art boundless; not one graine
Last Line: He throws himselfe into ye fire againe.
Subject(s): Clergy; Faith; Jesus Christ; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed


S. STEPHEN, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Blind foolish jews, ye stones yee throw
Last Line: Yet he sole soveraigne is.
Subject(s): Christianity; Clergy; Saints; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR.    Poem Text                    
First Line: The lord of all the lore that man had found
Last Line: Unveil the hidden beauty of his face.
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Saints; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


SAN CARLOS DEL CARMELO, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Pause upon the gentle hillside, view san carlos by the / sea
Last Line: Desolation is about them—sun and storm upon them beat.
Subject(s): Clergy; Missions & Missionaries; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: When the fathers passed to southward from antonio's / new-made shrine
Last Line: Midst them apricot or pear tree, lank and sere, lift outcast head.
Subject(s): Clergy; Missions & Missionaries; Prayer; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


SEARCH, by CARRIE KINCAID    Poem Source                    
First Line: She sneaks out of bed like a tiny thief
Last Line: She will be saved. %she believes
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Children; Sabbath; Sin


SERMON TO THE REBELS AT BLACKHEARTH, by JOHN BALL    Poem Source                    
First Line: I johon schep, som tyme seynte marie prest of
Last Line: Who was thanne a gentil man?
Subject(s): Ball, John (d. 1381); Blackhearth, London; Clergy; Freedom; Revolutions


SERVANTS OF THE GREAT ADVENTURE, by PERCY DEARMER    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion


SIGHT-SEEING IN THE MOORS OUTSIDE OF LIANG-ZHOU, by WANG WEI (699-761)    Poem Source                    
First Line: Old men of the prairie, two or three homes
Last Line: The shamanka dances in frenzy, %dust shows on her stockings of gauze
Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i
Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Clergy; Travel; Women


SONG FOR A DEAD SPARROW, by ALICE MONKS MEARS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Small, unmourned-for one
Last Line: On his own heart.
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Grief; Heaven; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Paradise


SONG FOR THE MORNING OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come forth, come forth, my maidens, 'tis the day of good st. John
Last Line: To dress with flowers the snow-white wether, ere the sun has dried the dew
Variant Title(s): Song For The Morning Of The Day Of Saint John The Baptis
Subject(s): Christianity; Clergy; Festivals; John The Baptist, Saint (1st Century); Romance


SONG OF A COUNTRY PRIEST, by TOM ANDREWS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: April 4. Wind hums
Last Line: I would believe it all
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion


SONG OF THE DEMENTED PRIEST, by JOHN BERRYMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I put those things there. - see them burn
Last Line: In my red coat. I am the king of the dead
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, John, Jr.
Subject(s): Clergy; Depression, Mental


SONG OF THE WHITE LADY OF AVENEL, FR. THE MONASTERY, by WALTER SCOTT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Merrily swim we, the moon shines bright
Last Line: For seldom they land that go swimming with me.
Subject(s): Clergy; Dancing & Dancers; Love; Monks; Singing & Singers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


SONNET: A PREACHER, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thus spake the preacher: 'o, my friends, beware!'
Last Line: Stumbled and plunged into eternal mist.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


SONNET: THE PRIEST'S PRAYER, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Have pity, lord! Let me not die alone!
Last Line: Let me drink hemlock, if it slake my thirst!
Subject(s): Clergy; Faith; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed


SPANISH FOLK SONGS: 25, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: His lordship the bishop orders
Last Line: To bishops and cardinals
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion


STRING MUSIC FOR THE GODS, by LI HE    Poem Source                    
First Line: The shaman woman pours wine
Last Line: Then she sends the gods, riding in thousands, %back to the green hills
Subject(s): Clergy; Women


SUNSHINE AFTER STORM; A TALE FROM THE TALMUD, by WILLIAM DEARNESS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The rabbi viewed on zion's hill
Last Line: His higher destiny to hasten.
Subject(s): Clergy; Israel; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


SYLVIA'S LITANY, by WILLIAM JOLLIFF    Poem Source                    
First Line: After breakfast sylvia clicked
Last Line: He kept washing his hands
Subject(s): Clergy; Depression, Mental


TAILINGS, by MICHAEL LIEBERMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Goldin placed a palm flat on the gideon
Last Line: This is the truth, so help me god
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews


TAULER, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tauler, the preacher, walked, one autumn day
Last Line: "and what is dark below is light in heaven."
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


TELEVANGELIST, by MAHDY Y. KHAIYAT    Poem Source                    
First Line: The preacher stands
Last Line: To sustain their beliefs
Subject(s): Clergy; Hypocrisy


TELLING THE GOSPEL TRUTH, by BETH ANN FENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Who placed this here, bible
Last Line: Whither. %whither
Subject(s): Bible; Catholic Church - Clergy; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Poetry And Poets; Women - Bible; Women And Religion; Writing And Writers


THE APOLOGY OF THE BISHOPS IN ANSWER TO BONNER'S GHOST, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Right revd. Brother and so forth
Last Line: We'll find her soon a bonner.
Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia
Subject(s): Anglican Church; Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE ASSIGNATION, OR LOVE IN A NUNNERY: PROLOGUE, by JOHN DRYDEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Prologues, like bells to churches, toll you in
Last Line: Twas imitating you taught haynes to play.
Subject(s): Bells; Churches; Clergy; Poetry & Poets; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE BEADLE'S ANNUAL ADDRESS, by THOMAS HOOD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
Last Line: John bugsby, number thirteen, tibbald's road.
Subject(s): Clergy; Gray, Thomas (1716-1771); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH, by ROBERT BROWNING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Vanity, saith [or said] the pracher, vanity!
Last Line: As still he envied me, so fair she was!
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Graves; Vanity; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones


THE BISHOP'S SEE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "the see, the see, the bishop's see"
Last Line: Shall come to the wealthy bishop's see
Subject(s): Clergy;death;farm Life;love; "priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;dead, The;agriculture;farmers;


THE BLACK PREACHER; A BRETON LEGEND, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: At carnac in brittany, close on the bay
Last Line: Of the preacher, the tenth verse of chapter nine.
Subject(s): Clergy; France; Legends; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE BLIND PREACHER, by YAKOV POLONSKY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Upon a lonely road at shut of day
Last Line: "the stones of the wilderness returned ""amen""."
Subject(s): Clergy; Faith; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed


THE BOROUGH: LETTER 3. THE VICAR, by GEORGE CRABBE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Where ends our chancel in a vaulted space
Last Line: And feel so well -- oh! God! How I shall feel!'
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE CALL TO EVENING PRAYER, by SAROJINI NAIDU    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Allah ho akbar! Allah ho akbar!
Last Line: Naray'yana! Naray'yana!
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Prayer; Religion; Women - Bible; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Virgin Mary; Theology


THE CAMERONIAN CAT, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: There was a cameronian cat
Subject(s): Animals;cats;clergy;mice;sabbath; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;sunday


THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD PARSON, by GEOFFREY CHAUCER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line: He needs no foil, but shines by his own proper light.
Variant Title(s): Fables Ancient And Modern: The Character Of A Good Parson, Imitated
Subject(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey (1342-1400); Clergy; Fables; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Allegories


THE CHOSEN, by ELIZABETH MCMURTRIE DINWIDDIE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Chosen of old, the guardians of the law
Last Line: The freedom of the strong.
Subject(s): Clergy; History; Jews; Prophecy & Prophets; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Historians; Judaism


THE CIRCUIT RIDER, by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God tramps on through the scourging rains
Last Line: Once more, god built a world—our west.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Leland, Mrs.; Pawtuxie
Subject(s): Clergy; Methodism; Pioneers; West (u.s.); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Southwest; Pacific States


THE COMMANDMENT OF FORGETFULNESS, by ALICE LUCAS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Rabbi ben zadok, o'er the sacred law
Last Line: Thus evermore rejoice in serving thee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Montefiore, Julia
Subject(s): Clergy; God; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE CONFESSIONAL, by ROBERT BROWNING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It is a lie - their priests, their pope
Last Line: Lies -- lies, again -- and still, they lie!
Subject(s): Catholics; Clergy; Confessions; Lies; Spain; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE CONGRATULATION, by JONATHAN ODELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Joy to great congress, joy an hundred fold
Last Line: Saint denis and saint tammany, go rot.
Subject(s): American Revolution - French Involvement; Clergy; Estaing, Jean Baptiste De (1729-1794); New York City - Revolutionary Period; Saints; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN'S TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE; ELECTION BALLAD, by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As I sat down to breakfast in state
Last Line: We were rumbling o'er trumpington stones.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macaulay, 1st Baron
Subject(s): Clergy; Elections; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Voting; Voters; Suffrage


THE CURE OF CALUMETTE, by WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND    Poem Text                    
First Line: Dere's no voyageur on de reever never run hees canoe d'ecorce
Last Line: An' bless leetle fader o'hara, de cure of calumette.
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


THE CURE OF LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, by PAUL FORT    Poem Text                    
First Line: When the fields are violet with heat in the mid-autumn evenings fair
Last Line: And you would know that day how great a thing is love.
Subject(s): Clergy; Love; Sailing & Sailors; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Seamen; Sails


THE DEACON, by WILLIAM A. PHELON    Poem Text                    
First Line: The deacon wandered forth one day and saw a
Last Line: He now stands for good, clean ball games, even on the sabbath day!
Subject(s): Baseball; Clergy; Sabbath; Sports; Temptation; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Sunday


THE DEATH OF DR. ADAM CLARKE, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Know ye a prince hath fallen? They who sit
Last Line: In the broad ocean of eternal love.
Subject(s): Clarke, Adam (1762-1832); Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE DEATH OF MATTAHIAS, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sons of my age, attend
Last Line: Hope lifts my soul to thee.
Subject(s): Christianity; Clergy; Death; Fathers & Sons; Legacies; Mysticism; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


THE EMPEROR AND THE RABBI, by GEORGE CROLY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Old rabbi, what tales dost thou pour in mine ear
Last Line: "the sovereign of him, and the sovereign of thee!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Israel; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE EQUIVOCATION, by JOHN GAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: An abbot rich (whose taste was good)
Last Line: First mend the faults they find in others.
Subject(s): Clergy; Marriage; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


THE FORGOTTEN RABBI, by G. M. H.    Poem Text                    
First Line: Rabbi ben shalom's wisdom none but his / scholars know
Last Line: Whoso gainsays their folly grudges his master peace!
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Memory; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE GALLOWS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The suns of eighteen centuries have shone
Last Line: Abhorred of earth and heaven, a pagan brotherhood!
Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Clergy; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE GRATEFUL PREACHER; SONNET, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A strolling preacher, 'once upon a time'
Last Line: "thank god! I've got my beaver back again!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE GUARDIAN ANGELS, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Father john in the green lane went
Last Line: "I thank thee, lord,"" he said."
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Angels; Clergy; Healing; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Cures


THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK (SPOKEN BY A CITIZEN OF MALTA - 1300), by EMMA LAZARUS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A curious title held in high repute
Last Line: Guarding the red disk—lest one rogue escape!
Subject(s): Catholics; Clergy; Jews; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE HABIT OF PERFECTION, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Elected silence, sing to me
Last Line: Your spouse not laboured-at nor spun.
Subject(s): Bible; Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE HOUSE OF GOD, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "prone upon the earth, in prayer, the weary nanac fell"
Last Line: "where, crowned with deathless praise, his holy house is not!'"
Subject(s): Clergy;god;religion; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;theology


THE HOUSE OF GOD, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We love the venerable house
Last Line: Thou heart that lovest all.
Variant Title(s): Hymn Sung At The Second Church, Boston ... Ordination Of Rev. Chandler Robbins
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE IMPROVISATORE: LEOPOLD, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The battle is over; the dews of the fog
Last Line: The storm was hushed. Men tell not where he went.
Subject(s): Adoption; Betrayal; Blood; Clergy; Death; Despair; Evil; Loss; Love; Violence; War; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


THE INSATIABLE PRIEST, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Luke preach-ill admires what we laymen can mean
Last Line: He can be content with two thousand a year.
Subject(s): Birth; Clergy; Death; Marriage; Child Birth; Midwifery; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


THE ITALIAN BISHOP, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There is no kind of a fragmental note
Last Line: "nothing on earth should make a man repine."
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE JACKDAW OF RHEIMS, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: The jackdaw sat on the cardinal's chair!
Last Line: So they canonized him by the name of jem crow!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas
Subject(s): Jackdaws; Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE JOVIAL PRIEST'S CONFESSION; TRANSLATED FROM LATIN WALTER DE MAPES, by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I devise to end my days - in a tavern drinking
Last Line: And phoebus rushes into me, and beggareth all relation.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh
Subject(s): Clergy; Confessions; Religion; Translating & Interpreting; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE LATE PASTOR OF WOLDSBY EBRIORUM, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A shepherd sleeps where this fair tombstone stands
Last Line: From sire to son - a charter for your souls!
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE LENT JEWELS; A JEWISH APOLOGUE, by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In schools of wisdom all the day was spent
Last Line: Which god had lent him, and resumed anew.
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Religious Education; Wisdom; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial Schools


THE LOAN, by SABINE BARING-GOULD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The rabbi meir, / a black cap on his white hair
Last Line: "should be restored."
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Religious Education; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial Schools


THE MACCABEAN CALL, by EMIL GUSTAV HIRSCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Out of dense darkness, stress of the ages
Last Line: Join thee, god's priest, at thy altared light!
Subject(s): Clergy; Heroism; Jews; Prophecy & Prophets; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Heroes; Heroines; Judaism


THE MANUSCRIPT OF SAINT ALEXIUS, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There came a child into the solemn hall
Last Line: But still aglaia could not understand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta
Subject(s): Bible; Catholic Church - Clergy; Manuscripts; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Saints; Catholic Priests


THE MESSENGER, by O. B. MERRILL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Rabbi ben josef, old and blind
Last Line: "should prove a messenger from me."
Subject(s): Angels; Clergy; Heaven; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Paradise; Judaism


THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the minister's morning sermon
Last Line: Grew soft in his warmth and light.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE MINISTER'S WIFE, by JAY G. SIGMUND    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ours is a peaceful town
Last Line: For rebellion?
Subject(s): Clergy; Marriage; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


THE MINISTRY OF SONG, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In god's great field of labour
Last Line: To praise him and rejoice.
Subject(s): Children; Clergy; Praise; Prayer; Singing & Singers; Childhood; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Songs


THE MONKS OF THE SCREW, by JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When st. Patrick this order established
Last Line: And prior, and monks of the screw!
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE MONUMENT OF FRANCIS MAKEMIE, by HENRY VAN DYKE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To thee, plain hero of a rugged race
Last Line: Where rests this brave scotch-irish man of god!
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Makemie, Francis (1658-1707); Monuments; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


THE NEW PREACHER, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Seemed like the preacher wa'n't good enough
Last Line: Seems like.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE NEW VICAR OF BRAY, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Do you know dr. Nott?
Last Line: And from bishop sink into backbiter!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Clergy; Nott, George Frederick (1767-1841); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE NINTH HOUR, by CAROLINE HAZARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: After the shameful trial in the hall
Last Line: Said, truly this man was the son of god.
Subject(s): Clergy; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion


THE NUN OF KENT; A HISTORICAL DRAMA, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A goodly saint, a goodly saint now
Last Line: (curtain falls.)
Subject(s): Clergy; Convents; Kent, England; Monasteries; Nuns; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Abbeys


THE NUN: A CANTATA, by EDWARD MOORE (1712-1757)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Of constance holy legends tell
Last Line: The righteous find comfort in death.'
Subject(s): Chastity; Clergy; Lust; Nuns; Religion; Sin; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS AND HOW HE GAINED THEM, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You are old, father william,' the young man cried
Last Line: And he hath not forgotten my age.
Variant Title(s): Father William
Subject(s): Clergy; Comfort; Faith; God; Men; Old Age; Prayer; Youth; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed


THE ORDINATION, by ROBERT BURNS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Kilmarnock wabsters, fidge and claw
Last Line: Like oil, some day.
Subject(s): Beattie, James (1735-1803); Clergy; Poetry & Poets; Scotland; Teaching & Teachers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Educators; Professors


THE PARDONED SIN, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910)    Poem Text                    
First Line: Up the worn steps and through the ivied porch
Last Line: "have washed away all record of thy sin!"
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Confessions; Forgiveness; God; Sin; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Clemency


THE PARSON O' PORLOCK TOWN; A MORAL BALLAD, by CHARLES WHARTON STORK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There once was a parson o' porlock town
Last Line: Grow pale at the fear of shame?
Subject(s): Clergy; Unfaithfulness; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy


THE PARSON'S COMFORTER, by FREDERICK LANGBRIDGE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The parson goes about his daily ways
Last Line: That comforts him who comes to comfort thee?
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Life; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


THE PASSING OF RABBI ASSI, by EDWIN POND PARKER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Outworn by studious toil and age
Last Line: To hear his counsel, let him hear!
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Legends; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE PASTOR, by EDWARD CASWALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, wandering sheep, oh come!
Subject(s): Clergy


THE PASTOR'S REVERIE, by WASHINGTON GLADDEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The pastor sits in his easy-chair
Last Line: And brighten the homeward road.
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE PATRIOT; AN OLD STORY, by ROBERT BROWNING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It was roses, roses all the way
Last Line: T is god shall repay: I am safer so.
Subject(s): Arnold Of Brescia (1100-1155); Clergy; Courage; Reform & Reformers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Valor; Bravery


THE POET PRIEST, by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not as of one whom multitudes admire
Last Line: In prayers -- and thou shalt meet with me.
Subject(s): Clergy; Poetry & Poets; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE POPE OF THE HILLS, by THOMAS WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: Never a word will you hear at maynooth
Last Line: To the gates of the morning and mists of the dawn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Popes; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Papacy


THE PRAYER OF THE HIGH PRIEST (100 YEARS B.C.E.), by MARIE HARROLD GARRISON    Poem Text                    
First Line: The high priest at the altar lingering stood
Last Line: "than thou, the least."
Subject(s): Clergy; God; Jews; Prayer; Synagogues; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE PRAYER-MEETING LEADER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O leader, lead them into peace
Last Line: May fruit in deeds.
Subject(s): Clergy; Prayer Meetings; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE PREACHER'S VACATION, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "the old man went to meetin', for the day was bright and fair"
Last Line: "jesus absent on vacation, heaven closed till his return"
Subject(s): Clergy;vacation; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops


THE PRIEST, by NICHOLAS BRETON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I would I were an excellent divine
Last Line: And grace to all, that all may be amended.
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE PRIEST IS COME AND THE CANDLES BURN, by JOHN RICHARD MORELAND    Poem Text                    
First Line: The white moth is wooing his chosen mate
Last Line: The priest is come and the candles burn.
Subject(s): Birds; Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE PRIEST'S BROTHER, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thrice in the night the priest arose
Last Line: "god save your soul from a night so long."
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Prayer; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The


THE PRIEST'S HEART, by CHARLES KINGSLEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was sir john, the fair young priest
Last Line: Till she heard his heart-strings crack.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE PRIEST'S VIGIL, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In all the land of the tribe was neither fish nor fruit
Last Line: Sat in their stated seats and talked of the morrow apart.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Clergy; Islands; Sea; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Ocean


THE PRIEST'S WARNING, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dost long for sunrise? - quench the vain desire
Last Line: "wilt thou be true? Let hell be thy reward!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE PRIESTHOOD, by GEORGE HERBERT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Blest order, which in power doth so excell
Last Line: What pride by opposition.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE PROBLEM, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I like a church; I like a cowl; / I like a prophet of the soul
Last Line: I would not the good bishop be.
Subject(s): Clergy; Soul; Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667); Worship; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE PROGRESS OF DISCONTENT, by THOMAS WARTON THE YOUNGER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When now, mature in classic knowledge
Last Line: And in pursuit alone it pleases.
Subject(s): Clergy; Discontent; Life; Oxford University; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dissatisfaction


THE PURITAN, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The preacher in his seat
Last Line: "for I have need of thee! "
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE RABBI'S PRESENT, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "a rabbi once, by all admired"
Last Line: And so by chance thought all the others
Subject(s): Clergy;jews; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;judaism


THE RABBI'S PRESENT, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "a rabbi once, by all admired"
Last Line: And so by chance thought all the others
Subject(s): Clergy;jews; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;judaism


THE RABBI'S VISION, by FRANCES BROWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ben levi sat with his books alone
Last Line: "but—""beware of broken vows!"
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Jews; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE REVEREND MULLINEUX, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I'd reckon his weight at eight stun eight
Last Line: Reverend mullineux.
Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo'
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE REVIEW; PINDARIC ODE TO THE REVEREND DR. WILLIAM SANCROFT, by THOMAS FLATMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When first I stept into th' alluring maze
Last Line: I've made the church my ark, and sion's hill my ararat.
Subject(s): Clergy; Sancroft, William (1617-1693); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE RUSSIAN JEWISH RABBI, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "old and gray, his shoulders bent"
Last Line: In your heart a deathly moan
Subject(s): Clergy;jews;russia;sabbath; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;judaism;soviet Union;russians;sunday


THE SACRED BIRD, by JACK MERTEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: The sacred bird picks golden corn
Last Line: Golden corn where the stars are thick.
Subject(s): Clergy; Prayer; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE SEITZ THEATER, by MARTHA RONK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Back of the silver screen in sandusky
Last Line: In my first bikinis, into redemption and sin
Subject(s): Theater & Theaters; Motion Pictures; Clergy


THE SLAVE-MONGERS' CONVENTION: CANTO 2, SELECTION, by J. P. RANDOLPH    Poem Text                    
First Line: My brethren, most beloved and dear
Last Line: Your whips --
Subject(s): American Civil War; Bible; Clergy; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Slavery; U.s. - History; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs


THE SONG OF THE DEMENTED PRIEST, by JOHN BERRYMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I put those things there. - see them burn
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, John, Jr.
Subject(s): Clergy; Depression, Mental; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress


THE TASK: BOOK 2. THE TIME-PIECE, by WILLIAM COWPER    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness
Last Line: And the land stank, so numerous was the fry.
Subject(s): Clergy; Disasters; Earthquakes; Peace; Universities & Colleges; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE TONGUE, by JOHN DAVID NUSSBAUM    Poem Text                    
First Line: Said rabbi simon to his son
Last Line: "both life and death are in the tongue!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Simon (143-135 B.c.); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE TRUE PREACHER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He sees one thing, the preacher, king of souls
Last Line: And hear to endless death or endless life.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE TWO FRIENDS; A RABBINICAL TALE, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Good rabbi nathan had rejoiced to spend
Last Line: "in wisdom, strength, and goodness, like to thee!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE TWO RABBIS, by MRS. LEVITUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: There stood upon moriah's mount
Last Line: "while thine is dewed with bitter tears."
Subject(s): Clergy; Jerusalem; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE TWO RABBIS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The rabbi nathan two score years and ten
Last Line: "save thou a soul, and it shall save thy own!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism; Theology


THE VICAR, by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Some years ago, ere time and taste
Last Line: Vir nulla non donandus lauru.'
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE VILLAGE ORACLE, by JOSEPH CROSBY LINCOLN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Old dan'l hanks he says this town
Last Line: "I'm right because I be!"
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Sermons; Villages; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE VISION OF HUNA, by ABRAM SAMUEL ISAACS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun had set upon jerusalem
Last Line: As if he trod the new jerusalem.
Subject(s): Clergy; Jerusalem; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


THE VISION OF RABBI BEN ISAAC, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: For three score years my wandering
Last Line: A snow-white feather fell.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Clergy; God; Roads; Vision; Wandering & Wanderers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Paths; Trails


THE WORD SHE REMEMBERED, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You remember the sermon you heard, my / dear?'
Last Line: To meet each cross with a happy song.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Prayer Meetings; Sermons; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE YOUNG CHURCHWARDEN, by THOMAS HARDY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When he lit the candles there
Last Line: To understand!'
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


THE YOUNG PRIEST TO HIS HANDS, by EDWARD FRANCIS GARESCHE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Time was when ye were powerless, / to shrive and sign, anoint and bless
Last Line: That clasp the lord of majesty!
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE YOUNG RABBI, by E. C. L. BROWNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Thou lookest backward reverently. 'tis well!
Last Line: Stand forth with him and sing to-day's mismor!
Subject(s): Clergy; Faith; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed; Judaism


THERE IS BUT ONE, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: I have sung of blood and battle
Last Line: Have I made my lesson plain?
Subject(s): Clergy; Good; Religion; World War I; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology; First World War


THIS SIDE OF CALVIN, by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The reverend dr. Harcourt, folk agree
Alternate Author Name(s): Hayden, Charles, Mrs.
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THIS SIDE OF CALVIN, by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The reverend dr. Harcourt, folk agree
Alternate Author Name(s): Hayden, Charles, Mrs.
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion


THREE MEN OF TRURO: 2. A.B.D. CANON RESIDENTIARY AND PRECENTOR TRURO, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Many had builded, and, the building done
Last Line: His ever-living rose!
Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T.
Subject(s): Clergy; Temples; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Mosques


THREE MEN OF TRURO: 3. C.W.S. THE FOURTH BISHOP OF TRURO, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Prince of courtesy defeated
Last Line: Te, flammantibus in portis!
Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T.
Subject(s): Clergy; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


TO A PRIEST, by JOSEPH U. HARRIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: I have listened to your profession of faith
Last Line: What manner of god is this that you have made in your own image?
Alternate Author Name(s): Upper, Joseph
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Religion; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


TO A YOUNG PRIEST, by ANNE BLACKWELL PAYNE    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): Clergy; Religion


TO GENERAL BOOTH; ON HIS VISIT TO AMERICA, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The generals of lesser breed
Last Line: In god's name seize the sword and wield it!
Subject(s): Booth, William (1829-1912); Clergy; Salvation Army; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


TO HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Great, good and just' was once applied
Last Line: Shall strike him dumb, and quell their noise
Subject(s): Clergy


TO JOSEPH PARKER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Voice of english voices
Last Line: Christ's imperial cross!
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


TO TENDER BAMBI'S EYES, TO THE WHITE FATHER, by TOMAZ SALAMUN    Poem Source                    
First Line: There is never a desert around
Last Line: His white cap is hydraulic
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Popes


TO THE INCOMPARABLE SOPORIFIC DOCTOR, by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweet, sleeky doctor! Dear pacific soul!
Last Line: The fields all thunder, and they bound away.
Subject(s): Clergy; Murdoch, Patrick; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


TO THE REV. W.H. BROOKFIELD, by ALFRED TENNYSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Brooks, for they call'd you so that knew you
Last Line: God bless you! I shall join you in a day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


TO THE REVD. MR. - ON HIS DRINKING SEA WATER, by JOHN WINSTANLEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Methinks, dear tom, I see thee stand demure
Last Line: By ward's mysterious drop or magic pill.
Subject(s): Clergy; Drinks & Drinking; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Wine


TO THE REVEREND PATRICK MURDOCH, RECTOR OF STRADISHALL, IN SUFFOLK, by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thus safely low, my friend, thou canst not fall
Last Line: High bliss is only for a higher state!
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. A VILLAGE CHURCH, by EDWARD CARPENTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A stump of oak - a huge old ruin of a tree, shored up with props
Last Line: The peacock flew from its tree overhead to the east and into the night.
Subject(s): Christianity; Churches; Clergy; History; Mankind; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Historians; Human Race


TRIUMPH OF INFIDELITY, SELS., by TIMOTHY DWIGHT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Clergy; Social Protest


UGO BASSI, by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Fra ugo bassi, servant of our lord
Last Line: That when I meet him, I may meet thee too!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton-king, Harriet Eleanor
Subject(s): Bassi, Ugo (1801-1849); Biography; Catholic Church - Clergy; Firing Squads; Garibaldi, Giuseppe (1807-1882); Italy - Revolutions; Rome, Siege Of (1849); Biographers; Catholic Priests


UPON BISHOP ANDREWES HIS PICTURE BEFORE HIS SERMONS, by RICHARD CRASHAW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: See heer a shadow from that setting sunne
Last Line: Look on the following leaves and see him breath.
Subject(s): Andrewes, Lancelot,(1555-1626); Clergy; Bishop Of Winchester; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


UPON PARSON BEANES, by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Old parson beanes hunts six dayes of the week
Last Line: That on the seaventh, he can nor preach, or pray.
Subject(s): Clergy; Hunting; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Hunters


WESTLAND ROW, by JAMES STEPHENS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Every sunday there's a throng
Last Line: As they thought of during prayers.
Subject(s): Clergy; Prayer; Public Worship; Sabbath; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Church Attendance; Sunday


WHAT FATHER LEAHY DIDN'T SAY, by PHILIP DACEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: After I entered the confessional
Last Line: Around which the body of the poem turns
Subject(s): Clergy; Confessions; Sin


WHAT WAS LEFT OVER; FOR SUJATA BHATT, by ELEANOR WILNER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As you said, sujata, it was not
Last Line: Atomized silk of its spray.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilner, Eleanor Rand
Subject(s): Altars; Church Burnings; Clergy; Sacrifices; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


WHO ARE THE WISE?, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: They who have governed with a self control
Last Line: Those only can be numbered with the wise
Subject(s): Clergy;jews;wisdom; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;judaism


WHO HEARS THE PARSON, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: To sqauat with hymn book he doth use
Subject(s): Clergy; Churches; Public Worship


WHO SERVES BEST, by GEORGE ALEXANDER KOHUT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In stern debate, all through the night they strove
Last Line: And ere they grasped the vision, it declined.
Subject(s): Clergy; Israel; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism


WITHIN AND WITHOUT, by GEORGE MACDONALD    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Go thou into thy closet; shut thy door
Last Line: The poet awakes from his dream.
Variant Title(s): A Sonnet Sequence
Subject(s): Abandonment; Children; Christianity; Clergy; Death; Escapes; Exiles; Family Life; Future Life; God; Humility; Marriage; Music & Musicians; Poetry & Poets; Poverty; Redemption; Regret; Revenge; Salvation; Unfaithfulness; Desertion; Childhood; Priests; Rab


YOUNG PRIEST'S MOTHER, by MARY THERESE MADELEVA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Yes, he is mine if miracles of weaving
Last Line: Why adoration burns in my caresses, %what wounds I kiss upon his beautiful hands
Alternate Author Name(s): Wolff, Mary Evaline
Subject(s): Clergy