When wolves were conquered by a hermit's bell, Upon the forest's dim untrodden lane White oxen, yoked before a gleaming wain, Brought queens to pray beside his holy well; And once a deer leaped down the tangled dell, While woodward of the wind a royal thane Plunged on a great black war-horse and drew rein To slay God's hart within the wattled cell. But brighter than his shield of beaten brass, Or Lammas moon, or set of autumn sun, He saw the lifted Host through veils of light; And in the little hut of reedy grass Chad raised the soul Love's miracle had won And houseled Odin's warrior Christ's armed knight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VILLAGE IN LATE SUMMER by CARL SANDBURG SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 20 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING WHISPERS OF IMMORTALITY by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT BAVARIAN GENTIANS by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE TO A BUTTERFLY (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AN EPITAPH, ON A FOOLISH BOASTER by PHILIP AYRES THE DESCENDANT AND THE ID (MONOLOGUE IN REGARD TO HEREDITY) by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |