Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BRIDEGROOM OF CANA, by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL Poet's Biography First Line: Veil thine eyes, o beloved, my spouse Last Line: "jesus bar-joseph, the carpenter's son." Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
"There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. . . . And both Jesus was called, and His disciples, to the marriage." VEIL thine eyes, O beloved, my spouse, Turn them away, Lest in their light my life withdrawn Dies as a star, as a star in the day, As a dream in the dawn. Slenderly hang the olive leaves Sighing apart; The rose and silver doves in the eaves With a murmur of music bind our house. Honey and wine in thy words are stored, Thy lips are bright as the edge of a sword That hath found my heart, That hath found my heart. Sweet, I have waked from a dream of thee, And of Him. He who came when the songs were done. From the net of thy smiles my heart went free And the golden lure of thy love grew dim. I turned to them asking, "Who is He, Royal and sad, who comes to the feast And sits Him down in the place of the least?" And they said, "He is Jesus, the carpenter's son." Hear how my harp on a single string Murmurs of love. Down in the fields the thrushes sing And the lark is lost in the light above, Lost in the infinite, glowing whole, As I in thy soul, As I in thy soul. Love, I am fain for thy glowing grace As the pool for the star, as the rain for the rill. Turn to me, trust to me, mirror me As the star in the pool, as the cloud in the sea. Love, I looked awhile in His face And was still. The shaft of the dawn strikes clear and sharp; Hush, my harp. Hush my harp, for the day is begun, And the lifting, shimmering flight of the swallow Breaks in a curve on the brink of morn, Over the sycamores, over the corn, Cling to me, cleave to me, prison me As the mote in the flame, as the shell in the sea, For the winds of the dawn say, "Follow, follow Jesus Bar-Joseph, the carpenter's son." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV A CHILD'S SONG OF CHRISTMAS by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL |
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