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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN INCIDENT, by FREDERICK TENNYSON Poet's Biography First Line: At the lord's table waiting, robed and stoled Last Line: At his own holy table, face to face! Subject(s): Catholics; Roman Catholics; Catholicism | |||
At the Lord's Table waiting, robed and stoled, Till all had knelt around, I saw a sign! In the full chalice sudden splendours shine, Azure and crimson, emerald and gold. I stooped to see the wonder, when, behold! Within the cup a Countenance divine Looked upward at me through the trembling wine, Suffused with tenderest love and grief untold. The comfort of that sacramental token From Memory's page Time never can erase; The glass of that rich window may be broken, But not the mirrored image of His grace, Through which my dying Lord to me has spoken, At His own Holy Table, face to face! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING SONG by LUCILLE CLIFTON HOLY CROSS DAY by ROBERT BROWNING THE CONFESSIONAL by ROBERT BROWNING THE GUARDIAN ANGEL (A PICTURE AT FANO) by ROBERT BROWNING FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 11 by THOMAS CAMPION ON THE DEATH OF MR. CRASHAW by ABRAHAM COWLEY |
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