'AND now to God the Father,' he ends, And his voice thrills up to the topmost tiles: Each listener chokes as he bows and bends, And emotion pervades the crowded aisles. Then the preacher glides to the vestry-door, And shuts it, and thinks he is seen no more. The door swings softly ajar meanwhile, And a pupil of his in the Bible class, Who adores him as one without gloss or guile, Sees her idol stand with a satisfied smile And re-enact at the vestry-glass Each pulpit gesture in deft dumb-show That had moved the congregation so. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THIS DARK HOUSE by EDWARD DAVISON THE YANKEE PRIVATEER by ARTHUR HALE O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE CHEAT OF CUPID; OR THE UNGENTLE GUEST by ANACREON RUTGERS COLLEGE HYMN by LOUIS BEVIER JR. PARABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |