English Poetry. Jones Very. The New Birth. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери)

The New Birth

'TIS a new life; - thoughts move not as they did
With slow uncertain steps across my mind,
In thronging haste fast pressing on they bid
The portals open to the viewless wind
That comes not save when in the dust is laid
The crown of pride that gilds each mortal brow,
And from before man's vision melting fade
The heavens and earth;--their walls are falling now.--
Fast crowding on, each thought asks utterance strong;
Storm-lifted waves swift rushing to the shore,
On from the sea they send their shouts along,
Back through the cave-worn rocks their thunders roar;
And I a child of God by Christ made free
Start from death's slumbers to Eternity.

Jones Very’s other poems:

1. To the Hummingbird
2. The Light from Within
3. To the Fossil Flower
4. The Poor
5. Nature

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