'Nor can we forget that the great Apostle of faith has yet placed faith below love.'—CLAUDE G. MONTEFIORE (on St. Paul) in the @3Jewish Quarterly Review.@1 APOSTLE, citizen, and artisan! About thy vast cathedral, through the street Is hurrying tramp of multitudinous feet; But far within, for many a homeless man Thy shrine is home, where, for a passing span, Cool silence stills the heart's tumultuous beat: Before the altar he may rest and eat Who has not broken bread since day began. Thou who didst glory in the uplifted cross Whereby ascended Love, self-sacrificed, Draws all men near, and heart to heart a few, Thou who didst count the world for love but loss, Hail, chosen servant of the risen Christ, Ambassador of God, great-hearted Jew! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FEW RULES FOR BEGINNERS by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 2 by CONRAD AIKEN THE MERCY OF LAZARUS by STEPHEN DOBYNS EXPLICATION OF AN IMAGINARY TEXT by JAMES GALVIN LITTLE SON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE WILLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 5. THE DANCING GIRL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MA LADY'S LIPS AM LIKE DE HONEY (NEGRO LOVE SONG) by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |