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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEAF-MUTE SERMON, by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL Poet's Biography First Line: In silence which no weighted sound could plumb Last Line: While the irish bells of limerick loudly rang. Alternate Author Name(s): Carlin, Francis Subject(s): Deafness; Sermons | |||
In silence which no weighted sound could plumb I sat before the pulpit, while a son Of canonized Ignatius deftly spun A sermon with quick fingers and a thumb; And seated there among the deaf and dumb, It seemed to me, remembering Babylon Of the many living languages, that none Became so much that stilly state to come, For at the benediction music pealed A chant of mighty chords, and suddenly The cleric to his only hearer sang As sang a lark one distant morn to me O'er the deaf and tongueless lying in their field, While the Irish bells of Limerick loudly rang. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LIGHT OF THE SACRED HARP by DAVID BOTTOMS SERMON OF THE FALLEN by DAVID BOTTOMS A MEMORIAL ABSTRACT OF A SERMON PREACHED ON PROVERBS, XX, 27 by JOHN BYROM AN ANSWER TO SOME ENQUIRIES CONCERNING AUTHOR'S OPINION OF A SERMON by JOHN BYROM FAMILIAR EPISTLES ON A SERMON, 'OFFICE & OPERATIONS OF HOLY SPIRIT': 1 by JOHN BYROM FAMILIAR EPISTLES ON A SERMON, 'OFFICE & OPERATIONS OF HOLY SPIRIT': 2 by JOHN BYROM THE CHRISTIAN by GLADYS CROMWELL THE VIRGIN'S SLUMBER SONG by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL |
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