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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD SARUM; LINES ON THE CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH AT SALISBURY, by ALICE COLBURN BEAL First Line: Old sarum sleeps Last Line: And mostly we take tea. Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Superficiality; Tradition; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology | |||
Old Sarum sleeps, But one by one or Two by two, the Deans And Bishops bold Creep back into The sheltering Fold, Finding within The ancient time-worn shell Of ritual, Morning and evening prayer And sacerdotal bliss, An effulgence as of Ecstasy thrown back To them more precious Than efforts new and crude, Destined to decay Nourished in too dry a soil. Amidst the fustiness Of pomp and power, and tea, A few keen minds dart Swift and sure, and listen eagerly To catch the vast murmuring Of the many Minds and hearts, And guide or follow -- Which or where It matters not, For mostly we take tea. Old Sarum sleeps, And mostly we take tea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY |
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