ABOVE each gate a blessed saint Asks favor of the skies, And the hosts of the foe do fail and faint At the gleam of their watchful eyes; And Pole and Tartar and haughty Gaul Flee, dismayed, from the Kremlin wall. Here lie our ancient czars, asleep, -- Ivan and Feodor, -- While loving angels round them keep Sweet peace forevermore! Only when Easter bells ring loud, They sign the cross beneath the shroud. O, Troitsa's altar is divine, -- St. Sergius! hear our prayers! And Kieff, Olga's lofty shrine, The name of "The Holy" bears; But Moscow blends all rays in one, -- They are the stars, and she the sun! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TIME, REAL AND IMAGINARY; AN ALLEGORY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE HAND OF LINCOLN by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 1. THE MARVELLOUS SEED OF LOVE by PHILIP AYRES EN TOUR; A SONG SEQUENCE: 3. GENOA by ALBERTA BANCROFT THE PHILANDERER by BERTON BRALEY THE PASSING OF THE BIRDS by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON SEVEN SONNETS ON THE THOUGHT OF DEATH: 7 by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH |