What means this vain ideal of our Lord, With 'Orpheus' underwritten? Couldst thou see With eyes of faith the Incarnate Deity, That faith a nobler title would accord Than this, whereat no Christian fancy warms; Thou would'st not score the mythic harper's name Beneath the fallen head and outstretched arms, Nor seem to blink our dear Redeemer's claim To His own cognizance and proper fame; The sorrowing manhood of the King of kings, The double nature, and the death of shame, The tomb - the rising - are substantial things, Irrelevant to Orpheus. What hath made Thy wisdom match Messias with a shade? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOICES OF THE AIR by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE AMERICAN FOREST GIRL by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: LUCINDA MATLOCK by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EPISTLES ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF WOMEN: 2 by LUCY AIKEN TO CHILDREN: 6. BIRDS OF THE AIR by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |