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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STATUE OVER THE CATHEDRAL DOOR, by JULIUS MOSEN Poet's Biography First Line: Forms of saints and kings are standing Last Line: Round me still these birds of air. | |||
Forms of saints and kings are standing The cathedral door above; Yet I saw but one among them Who hath soothed my soul with love. In his mantle,--wound about him, As their robes the sowers wind,-- Bore he swallows and their fledglings, Flowers and weeds of every kind. And so stands he calm and childlike, High in wind and tempest wild; O, were I like him exalted, I would be like him, a child! And my songs,--green leaves and blossoms,-- To the doors of heaven would hear, Calling even in storm and tempest, Round me still these birds of air. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL by JULIUS MOSEN THE FLAG GOES BY by HENRY HOLCOMB BENNETT MERCILES BEAUTE; A TRIPLE ROUNDEL: 3. ESCAPE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER AN ODE IN IMITATION OF ALCAEUS by WILLIAM JONES JUDGE NOT by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER A WISH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI PROUD MAISIE, FR. THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN by WALTER SCOTT IN THE ROOM by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882) |
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