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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG BEFORE SORROW, by LOUISE A. BALDWIN First Line: I can be brave when dim cathedral bells Last Line: Resound the brazen note of bugle calls. Subject(s): Faith; Public Worship; Belief; Creed; Church Attendance | |||
I can be brave when dim cathedral bells Invite the soul to peace in morning song; The quietude of men at prayer impels A deeper faith in those who would be strong. And there is calm for every frightened heart In spring's consistent flowering. Courage steers A starlit course eternally set apart, Fixed and unchanging through uncounted years. I can be brave -- until the echo comes Of marching hordes and triumphs dearly bought; (Lost races whisper through the throbbing drums The reddened secret history has taught) -- While raucous voices raised in flag-draped halls Resound the brazen note of bugle calls. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHEELING GOSPEL TABERNACLE by JAMES WRIGHT GIRLS GOING TO CHURCH by JOHN CIARDI EFFECT OVER DISTANCE by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE RESPECTABLE BURGHER, ON 'THE HIGHER CRITICISM' by THOMAS HARDY GOSPEL VILLANELLE by ANDREW HUDGINS REMARKS TO THE BACK OF A PEW by WILLIAM ROSE BENET WHITE SPIRITUAL by WILLIAM BERRY |
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