|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYMN AT THE FUNERAL SERVICES OF CHARLES SUMNER, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once more, ye sacred towers Last Line: "god reigneth. All is well!" Subject(s): Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) | |||
ONCE more, ye sacred towers, Your solemn dirges sound; Strew, loving hands, the April flowers, Once more to deck his mound. A nation mourns its dead, Its sorrowing voices one, As Israel's monarch bowed his head And cried, "My son! My son!" Why mourn for him? -- For him The welcome angel came Ere yet his eye with age was dim Or bent his stately frame; His weapon still was bright, His shield was lifted high To slay the wrong, to save the right, -- What happier hour to die? Thou orderest all things well; Thy servant's work was done; He lived to hear Oppression's knell, The shouts for Freedom won. Hark! from the opening skies The anthem's echoing swell, -- "O mourning Land, lift up thine eyes! God reigneth. All is well!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NATION'S FRIEND by ALFRED ISLAY WALDEN SUMNER by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER TO CHARLES SUMNER by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER WHAT STATE STREET SAID TO SOUTH CAROLINA ... by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THIS NOBLE HEAD by RALPH WALDO EMERSON WHILE THESE IS A COUNTRY TO SHARE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY [DECEMBER 16, 1773] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A SEA DIALOGUE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A SUN-DAY HYMN [OR LAMENT] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AFTER A LECTURE ON KEATS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES |
| |