"AND shall," the Pontiff asks, "profaneness flow "From Nazareth -- source of Christian piety, "From Bethlehem, from the Mounts of Agony "And glorified Ascension? Warriors, go, "With prayers and blessings we your path will sow; "Like Moses hold our hands erect, till ye "Have chased far off by righteous victory "These sons of Amalek, or laid them low!" -- "GOD WILLETH IT," the whole assembly cry; Shout which the enraptured multitude astounds! The Council-roof and Clermont's towers reply; -- "God willeth it," from hill to hill rebounds, And, in awe-stricken Countries far and nigh, Through "Nature's hollow arch" that voice resounds. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RUINES OF ROME by JOACHIM DU BELLAY SUPPLICATION by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. A GAGE D'AMOUR by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE HILL WIFE: THE IMPULSE by ROBERT FROST A LITTLE WHILE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |