Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy By the Rev. H. D. Rawnsley |
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ON THE ROOF OF THE DUOMO, MILAN, AT ANTHEM TIME |
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ON THE ROOF OF THE DUOMO, MILAN, AT ANTHEM TIME
Here on this marble mountain, as I stand
Among its multitudes as white as snow
Of forms fresh-winged for Heaven, who fain would go
But linger, waiting God's august command,
I hear the cupola, Omodei planned,
And Croce's tower, throb loud, while far below
Organ and chant would have us mortals know
How heart of stone can join the angel band.
Among its multitudes as white as snow
Of forms fresh-winged for Heaven, who fain would go
But linger, waiting God's august command,
I hear the cupola, Omodei planned,
And Croce's tower, throb loud, while far below
Organ and chant would have us mortals know
How heart of stone can join the angel band.
Then with triumphal benison, the choir
Of saints, who bore the cross and wear the crown,
Breaks into Alleluias with accord;
And sounding forth beyond the purple town,
From Lambro's tide to Monte Viso's spire,
A people's praise floats upward to the Lord.
Of saints, who bore the cross and wear the crown,
Breaks into Alleluias with accord;
And sounding forth beyond the purple town,
From Lambro's tide to Monte Viso's spire,
A people's praise floats upward to the Lord.
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