I had no God but these, The sacerdotal trees, And they uplifted me. "@3I hung upon a Tree@1." The sun and moon I saw, And reverential awe Subdued me day and night. "@3I am the perfect Light@1." Within a lifeless stone -- All other gods unknown -- I sought Divinity. "@3The Corner-Stone am I@1." For sacrificial feast I slaughtered man and beast, Red recompense to gain. "@3So I, a Lamb, was slain@1. "@3Yea, such My hungering Grace That whereso'er My face Is hidden, none may grope Beyond eternal Hope.@1" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXEQUY [ON HIS WIFE] by HENRY KING (1592-1669) CUBA LIBRA [APRIL, 1896] by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER AUTUMN SONG by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE BEST MEMORIAL by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS SONNET: A PREACHER by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |