"And when they had sung an hymn they went out unto the Mount of Olives." -- Bible. What song sang the twelve with the Saviour When finish'd the sacrament wine? Were they bow'd and subdued in behavior, Or bold as made bold with a sign? What sang they? What sweet song of Zion With Christ in their midst like a crown? While here sat Saint Peter, the lion; And there like a lamb, with head down, Sat Saint John, with his silken and raven Rich hair on his shoulders, and eyes Lifting up to the faces unshaven Like a sensitive child's in surprise. Was the song as strong fishermen swinging Their nets full of hope to the sea? Or low, like the ripple-wave, singing Sea-songs on their loved Galilee? Were they sad with foreshadow of sorrows, Like the birds that sing low when the breeze Is tip-toe with a tale of tomorrows, -- Of earthquakes and sinking of seas? Ah! soft was their song as the waves are That fall in low musical moans; And sad I should say as the winds are That blow by the white gravestones. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HE FELL AMONG THIEVES by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT CARLYLE AND EMERSON by MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER COMPOSED BY THE SIDE OF GRASMERE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THOUGHT OF A BRITON ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLAND by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH PRAYER AFTER YOUTH by MAXWELL ANDERSON WATER SPORT by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO MISS JESSY LEWARS by ROBERT BURNS THE PASSING OF WOODROW WILSON, PROPHET OF PEACE by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS |