Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN A CHURCH OF PADUA, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In vaulted place where shadows flit Last Line: Where more is hid than found. Subject(s): Churches; Padua, Italy; Cathedrals | ||||||||
In vaulted place where shadows flit, An upright sombre box you see: A door, but fast, and lattice none, But punctured holes minutely small In lateral silver panel square Above a kneeling-board without, Suggest an aim if not declare. Who bendeth here the tremulous knee No glimpse may get of him within, And he immured may hardly see The soul confessing there the sin; Nor yields the low-sieved voice a tone Whereby the murmurer may be known. Dread diving-bell! In thee inurned What hollows the priest must sound, Descending into consciences Where more is hid than found. | 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 FORMERLY A SLAVE' (AN IDEALIZED PORTRAIT, BY E. VEDDER) by HERMAN MELVILLE THE COMING STORM' (A PICTURE BY R. S. GIFFORD) by HERMAN MELVILLE A DIRGE FOR MCPHERSON; KILLED IN FRONT OF ATLANTA by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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