"CHRISTO ET ECCLESIAE." 1700 TO GOD'S ANOINTED AND HIS CHOSEN FLOCK: So ran the phrase the black-robed conclave chose To guard the sacred cloisters that arose Like David's altar on Moriah's rock. Unshaken still those ancient arches mock The ram's-horn summons of the windy foes Who stand like Joshua's army while it blows And wait to see them toppling with the shock. Christ and the Church. Their church, whose narrow door Shut out the many, who if over bold Like hunted wolves were driven from the fold, Bruised with the flails these godly zealots bore, Mindful that Israel's altar stood of old Where echoed once Araunah's threshingfloor. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WAY TO ARCADY by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER UNWELCOME by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN by THOMAS HARDY THE EMPEROR OF ICE-CREAM by WALLACE STEVENS EPIGRAM by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS VOICE FROM THE CHORUS by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK |