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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BUILDER, by MARGARET GROSVENOR First Line: Though you have lost the faith that urged your hand Last Line: A shrine, though consecrated to a simpler use. Subject(s): Faith; God; Stone-cutting; Belief; Creed | |||
Though you have lost the faith that urged your hand; Though the god is lost for whom you planned This temple; though abandonment your thought -- Remembering bitterly the hours you wrought To form, cutting each block foursquare and true, An honest structure with no line askew -- Be patient still. Lay not your tools aside, But with devotion and an humbler pride Set stone on stone. Thus may your pain produce A shrine, though consecrated to a simpler use. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL |
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