 | Poems Old and New by Charles D. Bell |  |
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THE SILENT MEMNON.
A sweeter music, Memnon, far than thine
Is heard since thine was silent, for since then
The Christ has lived, loved, died amongst us men,
So that the earth is now a sacred shrine,
Hallowed by that great Presence all Divine,
And from it hymns of praise rise up again,
As once before in those far ages when
God's face in Paradise was seen to shine.
Is heard since thine was silent, for since then
The Christ has lived, loved, died amongst us men,
So that the earth is now a sacred shrine,
Hallowed by that great Presence all Divine,
And from it hymns of praise rise up again,
As once before in those far ages when
God's face in Paradise was seen to shine.
So if the old gods pass we do not mourn,
Rather rejoice the false bears sway no more;
That faiths have perished that were all outworn,
And in themselves seeds of corruption bore;
That deities of all their glories shorn
Stand silent ever on Time's waveless shore.
Rather rejoice the false bears sway no more;
That faiths have perished that were all outworn,
And in themselves seeds of corruption bore;
That deities of all their glories shorn
Stand silent ever on Time's waveless shore.
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