Leviathan

*** Revised Common Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: Psalm 148 CLASSIC POEM: Poet Liberty Hyde Bailey Tell me, O Poet, where thou dost live Show me the place whereon thou dost stand Lead me to the crests that give Thou wondrous scenes thou dost command And let my waiting soul enwreath The rarer airs that thou dost breath Upon thy diamond shore. He took me by the hand And led me to my own hearthstone We paused upon the wonted floor And silent stood alone– Till all the space was over-pent With a magic wonderment; And I found the Poet’s store On the threshold of my door. *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: Leviathan W.S. Merwin SNIPPET: This is the black sea-brute bulling through wave-wrack, Ancient as ocean’s shifting hills, who in sea-toils Travelling, who furrowing the salt acres Heavily, his wake hoary behind him, … [ READ THE FULL POEM ] <<<<<< PREV. POEM | NEXT POEM >>>>>>