Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JUDGEMENT, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell, my day, yet ere thou art quite departed Last Line: Thou who art christ, christ who is more than thou. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Judgment Day; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man | ||||||||
FAREWELL, my Day, yet ere thou art quite departed, Say, invok'd by this prayer, this last good-night, How shall I find, by what sign know thee again, In eternity entering when I behold thy dawn? Thou and thy brothers there, equal in worth, Children of Time (old riddle!) timelessly gathered, Wait, sleeping in God till I come, then rise upon me, Each a witness, a word, a sign, a judge in session, Each with his passionate hour,and which then was thine? The first kiss of happy morn? the gesture that fits Beauty, some epiphany perfect of perfect love (Such is thy fortune, Fair, and such thy grace, In a world insignificant thou significant wholly)? Or, Day of bewilderment, shall I behold thee scarred And my accuser, saying, 'Thus I avenge Upon thee my wrongs, my wounds, and with mine Creation's'? Merciful then, O Day, for this poem I bring, This repentance, this reparation,such thy due From me, to whom be merciful then as now Granting sweet sleep, as I bid thee good-night, my Day, Thou who art Christ, Christ who is more than thou. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON ETHNIC DEFINITIONS by ELEANOR WILNER THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL by WILLIAM BLAKE THE END OF THE WORLD by GORDON BOTTOMLEY 1X1 (ONE TIMES ONE): 20 by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS ONCE BY THE PACIFIC by ROBERT FROST FOR A CHILD: 1. WALKING SONG by CHARLES WILLIAMS TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 8. AFTER RONSARD by CHARLES WILLIAMS |
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