As when beside the lake of Galilee Peter and John, above their meshes bent, Looked up and saw another firmament, For God stood by them, saying: Follow me! So was my world transfigured, seeing thee, And looking in thine eyes I was content, And, with thy sweet voice for all argument, I left my tangled nets beside the sea. O happy John, to lie upon thy heart And stand beside thee in thine agony, Thy mother's second child! Alas, alas! What sin hath laid upon me Peter's part That I go from this house of Caiaphas, I who so love thee, weeping bitterly? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL FOOLS' CALENDER by DONALD (GRADY) DAVIDSON THE BLACK RUNNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BIRCH STREAM by ANNA BOYNTON AVERILL OF THE WARS IN IRELAND by JOHN HARRINGTON MACGREGOR'S GATHERING by WALTER SCOTT THE FIELD MOUSE by WILLIAM SHARP THE BREAKING by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON A DAY: AN EPISTLE TO JOHN WILKES, OF AYLESBURY, ESQ. by JOHN ARMSTRONG |