As it was in the Beginning, -- Is Now, -- And ............? @3Anno Domini I@1 "No room! No room! The Inn is full, Yea -- overfull. No room have we For such as ye -- Poor folk of Galilee, Pass on! Pass on!" "Nay then! -- Your charity Will ne'er deny Some corner mean, Where she may lie unseen. For see! -- Her time is nigh." "Alack! And she So young and fair! Place have we none; And yet -- how bid ye gone? Stay then -- out there Among the beasts Ye may find room, And eke a truss To lie upon." @3Anno Domini 1913, etc., etc.@1 "No room! No room! No room for Thee, Thou Man of Galilee! The house is full, Yea, overfull. There is no room for Thee, -- Pass on! Pass on! Nay -- see! The place is packed. We scarce have room For our own selves, So how shall we Find room for Thee, Thou Man of Galilee, -- Pass on! Pass on! But -- if Thou shouldst This way again, And we can find So much as one small corner Free from guest, Not then in vain Thy quest. But now -- The house is full. Pass on!" Christ passes On His ceaseless quest, Nor will He rest With any, Save as Chiefest Guest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH IN BALLADE FORM by FRANCOIS VILLON LAUS INFANTIUM by WILLIAM CANTON THE RIDE-BY-NIGHTS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ON PLAYWRIGHT (1) by BEN JONSON LOVE-LILY by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 74 by ALFRED TENNYSON EPIGRAM: 27. THE FRUIT by THOMAS WYATT THE MOUNTAIN TOMB: 1. TO A CHILD DANCING IN THE WIND by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |