Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 27. THE BIRDS OF WHITBY, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. First Line: Sea-mosses hide the massive architrave Last Line: Between the moonrise and the morning star. Subject(s): Birds; Hilda, Saint (614-680); Whitby (monastery), England; Hild, Saint; Whitby, Abbess Of | ||||||||
Sea-mosses hide the massive architrave, Beneath the ruined porch a sheep-bell rings, And where Hild's gleemen sang to silver strings Now sound the wailing harps of wind and wave; But though dreams pass, the restless gulls that brave The bitter gales still seek the peace which clings To hallowed walls, and furl their foam-white wings Along the reaches of the silent nave. And throstles at the greening of the year In their wild singing weave the chants of old That saints have limned with many a colored bar, -- The very song the angels paused to hear When Caedmon knelt within the cattle-fold Between the moonrise and the morning star. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOMETIMES by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. A WAYSIDE CROSS by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 1. NEW GRANGE by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 10. OLD MAGIC by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 11. THE BLIND NUN by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 12. SAINT BRIDE'S EVE by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 13. DUNDAGIL by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 14. SAINT ILLTYD by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 15. ARAN MOR by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 16. THE BLESSING OF SAINT COLUMCILLE by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 17. SAINT BRENDAN by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 18. THE BATTLE OF THE BOOK by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. |
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