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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEEN ON A WAR-SHRINE IN PENNSYLVANIA, by E. M. GREEVES-CARPENTER First Line: Silent and unbetrayed, a carven rood Last Line: Whose crown of victory followed cross and thorns. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; Jesus Christ; Mothers & Sons; Pennsylvania; Shrines; Soldiers; War; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The | |||
Silent and unbetrayed, a carven rood Within a niche of stone I could descry Amid the sheltering trees, as I drew nigh A little space in a green solitude. But where of old, with anguished fortitude At Christ's right hand his Mother watched Him die, Now, a bright crown of laurel holding high— Fair honor's sign—a soldier's figure stood. Then I bethought with what perceiving grace How hands bereaved anew the tale thus told, How in His Mother's heart her Son gave place To broken men and grave: "Thy Son behold!" And how for all men's sorrows He yet mourns, Whose crown of victory followed cross and thorns. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND THE VOICE OF THE GRASS by SARAH ROBERTS BOYLE THE VIRGIN MARY TO THE CHILD JESUS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |
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