Who were "the Father and the Son" We pondered when a child, And what had they to do with us And when portentous told With inference appalling By Childhood fortified We thought, at least they are no worse Than they have been described. Who are "the Father and the Son" Did we demand Today "The Father and the Son" himself Would doubtless specify - But had they the felicity When we desired to know. We better Friends had been, perhaps, Than time ensue to be - We start - to learn that we believe But once - entirely - Belief, it does not fit so well When altered frequently - We blush, that Heaven if we achieve - Event ineffable - We shall have shunned until ashamed To own the Miracle | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OCTAVES: 15 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 7. OF PLEASURE AND PAIN by THOMAS CAMPION OVER THE HILL TO THE POOR-HOUSE by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON THE NILE by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT MAY (1) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SONNET: LEAVES by WILLIAM BARNES THE BLUEBIRD by JOHN BURROUGHS A DIALOGUE ON NATUREM POWER AND USE OF HUMAN LEARNING, IN RELIGION by JOHN BYROM |