NO hammer fell, no heavy axe was heard When Earth was formed, but Alleluias rang And all the morning stars together sang. And when God would redeem her through the Word, Angelic throats and wings moved as one bird In melody; and still where water falls Or forest creature to its fellow calls Or leaf is fluttered, there is music stirred. And yet the fragrant lily silent blows With head bent down to catch the bee's low bruit; So may my tuneless spirit as she grows Be bowed before the Lord, responsive, mute, Obedient as Ilion's walls, that rose In soundless beauty to the sun-god's lute. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO J. D. H. (KILLED AT SURREY C. H., OCTOBER, 1866) by SIDNEY LANIER LAUGHING SONG, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE SANDALPHON by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 17. ON A SERMON AGAINST GLORY by MARK AKENSIDE GROWTH by MILDRED TELFORD BARNWELL |