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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MARTYRS Matches Found: 70 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A MARTYR, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is over the horrible pain Last Line: Shall I joy with her joy in the end? Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; Happiness; Martyrs; Sleep; Dead, The; Joy; Delight A MARTYR'S MASS; FATHER MIGUEL PRO, EXECUTED AY MEXICO CITY, 1927, by ALFRED BARRETT Poem Text First Line: Kneeling he spoke the names he loved the most Last Line: The ite, missa est! Subject(s): Martyrs A MARTYR: THE VIGIL OF THE FEAST, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Inner not outer, without gnash of teeth Last Line: Shorten the race and lift me to the goal. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Martyrs ALL SAINTS: MARTYRS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once slain for him who first was slain for them Last Line: One god, the father, son, and holy ghost. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Martyrs AVE MARIA, by MAY MCKEE Poem Text First Line: The sorrows of the years Last Line: A reminiscent martyr cast in burning brass. Subject(s): Martyrs BALLAD OF THE NEW MONKLAND MARTYR, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dochter peggy sat on the kiln Last Line: The farm o' staun his hame. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Death; Martyrs; Dead, The COLLOQUY IN BLACK ROCK, by ROBERT LOWELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here the jack-hammer jabs into the ocean; Subject(s): Mud; Redligion; Martyrs EAST ANGLICAN MARTYRS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When william allen at walsingham %for trueth was tried in fiery flame Last Line: When these with other were put to death, %we wishte for elizabeth Subject(s): Martyrs EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 22. 'TIS HONOURABLE TO BE LOVE'S MARTYR, by PHILIP AYRES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bear up against her scorns: 'tis brave to die Last Line: For 'twas love's martyrdom made him a god. Subject(s): Hercules; Love; Martyrs; Mythology - Classical EPISTLES ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF WOMEN: 3, by LUCY AIKEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ye heaven-taught bards, who first for human woe Last Line: Thou, my calm friend, thou moralize the rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Lucy Subject(s): Martyrs; Rome, Italy; Women's Rights; Feminism EXECUTION, by ELEMER (GEORGE) HORVATH Poem Source First Line: Look, I take every revolution to heart Last Line: As you when you first kissed me Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Martyrs; Revolutions FOR A MARTYR, by ROMAN BREVIARY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O god, of thy soldiers Last Line: Now and always. Amen. Subject(s): Martyrs GENTLEMAN JIM, by DANIEL O'CONNELL (1849-1899) Poem Text First Line: In the diamond shaft worked gentleman jim Last Line: In the glory that hallows the martyr's grave. Subject(s): Death; Diamonds; Graves; Martyrs; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones GOD AND HIS MARTYRS, by CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK Poem Text First Line: For I have hither come, o ye dead bones Last Line: And mourn myself upon your graves. Alternate Author Name(s): Bialik, Hayim Nahman; Byalik, Chaim Nachman Subject(s): Forgiveness; Jews; Martyrs; Clemency; Judaism GOD'S HEROES, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910) Poem Text First Line: Once, at a battle's close, a soldier met Last Line: Their names are syllabled on earth no more. Subject(s): Death; Heroism; Martyrs; Soldiers; Dead, The; Heroes; Heroines GOLEM, by SEAN SINGER Poem Source First Line: ...Who killed the martyred man found reborn in silt and Last Line: The waves creosote resin sea singing who killed Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Death; Martyrs; Murder HADLEIGH, SUFFOLK; FOR ROLAND TAYLOR, RECTOR, BURNT IN 1555, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Of rowland taillor's fame I shewe Last Line: Thie deeds deserve that thie good name %were siphered here in gold Subject(s): Martyrs; Protestantism; Taylor, Rowland (d. 1555) HE GOADS HIMSELF, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And was it I that hoped to rattle Last Line: Storm -- not escape. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Death; Martyrs; Dead, The HEROES, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I think sometimes of what wondrous fame Last Line: But striving on, unnoted and alone! Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Heroism; Love - Unrequited; Martyrs; Saints; Heroes; Heroines I'M DYING, COMRADE, by MARY H. C. BOOTH Poem Text First Line: I think I'm dying, comrade Last Line: Is calling me from life. Subject(s): American Civil War; Martyrs; United States - History IN EMULATION OF MR. COWLEYS POEM CALL'D THE MOTTO, by MARY ASTELL Poem Text First Line: What shall I do? Not to be rich or great Last Line: I'le be at lest a martyr in desire. Subject(s): Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667); Love; Martyrs; Nature; Soul INSCRIPTION FOR A MONUMENT AT TORDESILLAS, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spaniard! If thou art one who bows the knee Last Line: Thoughts valueless and cold compared with these. Subject(s): Martyrs; Spain; Spain - History INSCRIPTION FOR A WELL IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF THE WAR, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fall, stream, from heaven to bless; return as well Last Line: So did our sons; heaven met them as they fell. Subject(s): American Civil War; Fountains; Martyrs; United States - History LE MAUVAIS LARRON (SUGGESTED BY WILLETTE'S PICTURE), by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The moorland waste lay hushed in the dark of the second day Last Line: And his soul fled into the waste between a kiss and a sigh. Alternate Author Name(s): Tomson, Graham R. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Martyrs; Paintings And Painters; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion LEACHED, by FRANCES SAWYER Poem Text First Line: In france they martyred one progenitor Last Line: Heroes set forth in a menagerie. Subject(s): Capital Punishment; England; France; Martyrs; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; English LETTERS TO YESENIN: 3, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I wanted to feel exalted so I picked up Last Line: Stop. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Martyrs; Regret; Russia; Suicide; Yesenin, Sergei (1895-1925); Soviet Union; Russians LOUVAIN, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bleeding and torn, ravished with sword and flame Last Line: Shrived by the sacred sorrow of louvain. Subject(s): Betrayal; Faith; France; Future Life; God; Martyrs; Belief; Creed; Retribution; Eternity; After Life LOVE SONG OF ST. SEBASTIAN, by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I would come in a shirt of hair Last Line: And because you were no longer beautiful %to anyone but me Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, T. S. Subject(s): Love; Martyrs; Sebastian, Saint (d. 288) MARTYR'S MEMORIAL, by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Such natural debts of love our oxford knows Last Line: Of all his dear domain to live forgot. Subject(s): Martyrs MARTYRDOM, by LEONARD VAN NOPPEN Poem Source First Line: The earth cries loud for blood; for never grew Subject(s): Martyrs MARTYRS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My child, whose soul is like a flame Last Line: Because no night is there. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Children; Martyrs; Childhood MARTYRS' HYMN, by MARTIN LUTHER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Flung to the heedless winds Subject(s): Martyrs MARTYRS' SONG, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We meet in joy, though we part in sorrow Last Line: God almighty, god alone. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Martyrs PICTURES IN VERSE: 2. THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. CHRISTINA, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I knew, I knew, it would be so Last Line: As the sign of martyrdom. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Catena, Vincenzo Di Biagio (1470-1531); Martyrs; Paintings And Painters RETURN TO YESENIN, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I forgot to say that at the moment of death yesenin stood Last Line: Woods and field, well short of the mouth of your hell. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Martyrs SAINT JOHN, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He loved you and you lay upon his breast Last Line: Kept thee for very love on calvary Subject(s): Calvary; Catholics; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; John The Apostle, Saint (1st Century); Martyrs SECRET ASSIGNMENT, by SANDOR CSOORI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: People are coming to scan my face Last Line: The reluctant martyr Subject(s): Battleships; Death; Hungary - Communist Regime; Martyrs; Soldiers; War SONG OF JUDAS MACCABEUS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF MASPHA, by REBEKAH GUMPERT HYNEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On, warriors and chiefs! Every step we have trod Last Line: We have conquered or died for the glory of god. Subject(s): God; Israel; Jews; Martyrs; War; Judaism SONGS FROM AN ISLAND, by INGEBORG BACHMANN Poem Source First Line: Shadow fruit is falling from the walls Last Line: We shall be witnesses Subject(s): Martyrs SONNET: 18. ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Avenge, o lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Last Line: Early may fly the babylonian woe. Variant Title(s): Sonnet: 15 Subject(s): Heroism; Italy; Martyrs; War; Heroes; Heroines; Italians ST. AFRA TO THE FLAMES, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here, on the prey of passion, famished flames Last Line: Shall sweeten all the bitterness of death. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Afra, Saint (d. 304); Martyrs SUFFERANCE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the hope of ease to come Last Line: Let's endure one martyrdome. Subject(s): Martyrs THE BOOK OF MARTYRS, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Read, sweet, how others strove Last Line: Into renown! Subject(s): Martyrs THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR IN THE COLISEUM; 'CHRISTIANOS AND LEONES', by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Christian, come forth! The hungering lions crave Last Line: Him may we, steadfast in the faith, resist! Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Christianity; Coliseum, Rome; Martyrs; Rome, Italy THE CROSS; TO THE MOTHERS OF THE MARTYRED DEAD UPON FIELD OF BATTLE, by JOSEPHINE TURCK BAKER Poem Text First Line: My flesh cries out for its own flesh! Last Line: And share with thee the tortures of the cross. Subject(s): Martyrs; Mothers & Sons; Religion; Soldiers; Soldiers' Writings; Theology THE CRUSADERS' MARCH, by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Raise ye up the song of zion Last Line: Cross and banner, sword and spear! Alternate Author Name(s): Bon Gaultier (with Theodore Martin) Subject(s): Christianity; Crusades; Faith; Martyrs; Belief; Creed THE DEATH OF STEPHEN, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O power invincible of faith and love Last Line: Thus, martyr'd stephen, thus wert thou avenged. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Christianity; God; Martyrs; Religion; Stephen, Saint (d. 36 A.d.); Theology THE GRAVES OF MARTYRS, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The kings of old have shrine and tomb Last Line: Unknown to man, is marked of god! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Graves; Martyrs; Tombs; Tombstones THE HYMNARY: 403. MARTYRS, by ADAM OF SAINT VICTOR Poem Text First Line: Christ's church in heaven today Last Line: O lord, is in thy grace. Subject(s): Martyrs THE JEWISH MARTYR, by MOSS MARKS Poem Text First Line: Bring forth the jew!' ben hassim said, 'the Last Line: "but mine it is the triumph—I die for faith and truth." Subject(s): Death; Israel; Jews; Martyrs; Dead, The; Judaism THE JEWISH MARTYRS, by W. V. B. Poem Text First Line: From far siberia's frozen plains Last Line: Among our myriad hero-graves? Subject(s): Jews; Martyrs; Judaism THE LITANY: 10. THE MARTYRS, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And since thou so desirously Last Line: Not to be martyrs, is a martyrdome. Subject(s): Martyrs THE MAID-MARTYR, by JEAN INGELOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Only you'd have me speak Last Line: Truly my soul is silent unto god. Subject(s): Death; God; Life; Love; Martyrs; Soul; Time; Dead, The THE MARTYR, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: See, the sun hath risen Last Line: Satisfied with hopeful rest, and replete with god. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Heaven; Martyrs; Religion; Sin; Tears; Paradise; Theology THE MARTYR OF BRUSSELS, by HENRY CHAPPELL Poem Text First Line: Rest you, sweet martyr, nobly have you lain Last Line: "and hear from lips divine, ""abide with me." Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Martyrs; Rest; Dead, The; Paradise THE MARTYRS, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Through the straight [or, strait] pass of suffering Last Line: Wades so, through polar air. Variant Title(s): Poem: 792;poem: 187 Subject(s): Martyrs THE MARTYRS' HYMN, by MARTIN LUTHER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Flung to the heedless winds Last Line: The one availing name. Subject(s): Martyrs; Religion; Theology THE READER OF THE SENTENCES, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The dead soldiers rise and walk into the trees Last Line: There is the day's work to be done. Subject(s): Books; Children; Eckehart, Johannes (meister) (1260-1327); Jesus Christ; Martyrs; Memory; Resurrection, The; World War Ii; Reading; Childhood; Eckhart, Meister; Second World War THE ROSA SANGUINEA, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As often as a martyr dies Last Line: Informs us which way he is gone. Subject(s): Martyrs; Nature THEOLOGY IN EXTREMIS, by ALFRED COMYNS LYALL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Oft in the pleasant summer years Subject(s): Courage; Martyrs THEY WHO FEEL DEATH, by ALICE WALKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They who feel death close as a breath Subject(s): Martyrs THY DAYS ARE DONE, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy days are done, thy fame begun Last Line: Thou shalt not be deplored. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Martyrs TO A MARTYR, by EDWARD FRANCIS GARESCHE Poem Source First Line: The fire was no match for thee Subject(s): Martyrs TO THE ENGLISH MARTYRS, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rain, rain on tyburn tree Last Line: Who is walled about with god. Subject(s): Martyrs TO THE MARTYRED, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O sacrificial throng whose live Last Line: Upon your bier are laid. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Martyrs TRUE MARTYR, by THOMAS WADE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The martyr worthiest of the bleeding name Subject(s): Martyrs TWO EPITAPHS: 1. CHRISTOPHER OKIBO, by DAVID RUBADIRI Poem Source First Line: Heavensgate %and limits Last Line: Have departed Subject(s): Martyrs; Nigerian Civil War TWO EPITAPHS: 2. YATUTA CHISIZA, by DAVID RUBADIRI Poem Source First Line: Old soldiers never die' Last Line: Dies a simple death %for souls of men Subject(s): Martyrs VISION OF A MARTYR, by MOHAMMED IBRAHIM ABU SINNAH Poem Source First Line: Kiss me!.This is the first day of love Last Line: My birth has come Subject(s): Martyrs; Muslims WOUNDED, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O men, with wounded souls Last Line: At the merciful feet of god! Subject(s): Martyrs |
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