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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OLD STONE CHURCH, by FRANCIS DE HAES JANVIER Poet's Biography First Line: The old stone church, time-worn and gray Last Line: The pastor and his flock repose. Subject(s): Churches; New Jersey; Cathedrals | |||
The Old Stone Church, time-worn and gray, Survives, though since its natal day A hundred years have passed away, -- Still stands, while those who planned and reared Its walls have long since disappeared, A sacred shrine, beloved, revered, With hallowed memories running o'er, With visions of the times of yore, Dear to each heart forevermore. And with them comes the kindly face Of one, whose life we fondly trace -- A Pastor, full of heavenly grace, A youth when, in those distant days, He led the flock in Wisdom's ways, With words of love and prayer and praise And still, through half a century Of sweet devotion, lived to be A Father in God's ministry; Till with the weight of years oppressed, His mission closed, accepted, blest, He tranquilly lay down to rest. And re-united now with those Whom, gathered here, these graves enclose, The Pastor and his flock repose. | 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 GOD SAVE OUR PRESIDENT by FRANCIS DE HAES JANVIER |
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