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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ENGLISH CHURCH, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: The bells awake the sabbath's choral prime Last Line: Is bodied forth in gentle rites and pure. Subject(s): Anglican Church; Churches; Cathedrals | |||
The bells awake the Sabbath's choral prime, By breezes softened to a harp-like tone; Lowly and sweetly from the distance thrown, They greet the ear with jubilee and chime; Follow the sound, and it will lead thee on Into an English church, the home of Prayer, For who shall say she is not lovelier there, Than in all other fanes beneath the Sun? There, if thou doubtest, may it not impart Fresh hope, to learn that others' hope is sure? There, duly as the merchant to the mart, Come aged men, whom daily death makes fewer; There all the spirit of a Christian heart Is bodied forth in gentle rites and pure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIRGIN IN GLASS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 3. FEEDING THE RABBITS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR EXPLICATION OF AN IMAGINARY TEXT by JAMES GALVIN DOMESDAY BOOK: FATHER WHIMSETT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HALF-AND-HALF by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE AT THE CHURCH DOOR by GEORGE SANTAYANA HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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