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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BUILDER, by MARGARET GROSVENOR First Line: Though you have lost the faith that urged your hand Last Line: A shrine, though consecrated to a simpler use. Subject(s): Faith; God; Stone-cutting; Belief; Creed | |||
Though you have lost the faith that urged your hand; Though the god is lost for whom you planned This temple; though abandonment your thought -- Remembering bitterly the hours you wrought To form, cutting each block foursquare and true, An honest structure with no line askew -- Be patient still. Lay not your tools aside, But with devotion and an humbler pride Set stone on stone. Thus may your pain produce A shrine, though consecrated to a simpler use. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION by MINA LOY AN ODE TO THE FRAMERS OF THE FRAME BILL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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