As flames that consume the mountains, as winds that coerce the sea, Thy men of renown show forth Thy might in the clutch of death: Down they go into silence, yet the Trump of the Jubilee Swells not Thy praise as swells it the breathless pause of their breath. What is the flame of their fire, if so I may catch the flame; What the strength of their strength, if also I may wax strong? The flaming fire of their strength is the love of Jesu's Name, In Whom their death is life, their silence utters a song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SAVING WAY by HAYDEN CARRUTH SONGS FOR TWO SEASONS: 1. AFTER GRAVE ILLNESS by CAROL FROST RETURN (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: YEE BOW by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE NEGRO'S TRAGEDY by CLAUDE MCKAY OCTAVES: 16 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |