Famous Tribunal Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Tribunal poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous tribunal poems. These examples illustrate what a famous tribunal poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penetential Cries

...captive slave.

Dear Jesus, let the Nations cry,
And all the People say,
Salvation comes from Christ on high,
Haste on Tribunal Day.

We cry as Sinners to the Lord,
Salvation to obtain; 
It is firmly fixed, his holy Word,
Ye shall not cry in vain.

Dear Jesus, unto Thee we cry,
And make our Lamentation:
O let our Prayers ascend on high;
We felt thy Salvation.

Lord, turn our dark benighted Souls;
Give us a true Motion,
And let the Hearts of all the World,
Make Christ their S...Read more of this...
by Hammon, Jupiter


California Plush

...e a year,
 I was back.

 The waitress asked us if we wanted a drink.
Grimly, I waited until he said no...



Before the tribunal of the world I submit the following
document:

 Nancy showed it to us,
in her apartment at the model,
as she waited month by month
for the property settlement, her children grown
and working for their father,
at fifty-three now alone, 
a drink in her hand:

 as my father said,
"They keep a drink in her hand":

 Name Wallace du Bois
 Box No 128 Chino...Read more of this...
by Bidart, Frank

Canzone VII

...CANZONE VII. Quell' antiquo mio dolce empio signore. LOVE, SUMMONED BY THE POET TO THE TRIBUNAL OF REASON, PASSES A SPLENDID EULOGIUM ON LAURA.  Long had I suffer'd, till—to combat moreIn strength, in hope too sunk—at last beforeImpartial Reason's seat,Whence she presides our nobler nature o'er,Read more of this...
by Petrarch, Francesco

Great are the Myths

...immutable—it does not depend on majorities—majorities or what not, come at
 last
 before the same passionless and exact tribunal. 

For justice are the grand natural lawyers, and perfect judges—is it in their Souls; 
It is well assorted—they have not studied for nothing—the great includes the
 less; 
They rule on the highest grounds—they oversee all eras, states, administrations. 

The perfect judge fears nothing—he could go front to front before God;
Before the perfect judge...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

Jinny the Just

...le sphere, 
She minded not who did excel or did err 
But just as the matter related to her. 

Then too when her private tribunal was rear'd 
Her mercy so mix'd with her judgment appear'd 
That her foes were condemn'd and her friends always clear'd. 

Her religion so well with her learning did suit 
That in practice sincere, and in controverse mute, 
She showed she knew better to live than dispute. 

Some parts of the Bible by heart she recited, 
And much in historical chapter...Read more of this...
by Prior, Matthew


Paradise Lost: Book 03

...gloriously from Heaven, 
Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send 
The summoning Arch-Angels to proclaim 
Thy dread tribunal; forthwith from all winds, 
The living, and forthwith the cited dead 
Of all past ages, to the general doom 
Shall hasten; such a peal shall rouse their sleep. 
Then, all thy saints assembled, thou shalt judge 
Bad Men and Angels; they, arraigned, shall sink 
Beneath thy sentence; Hell, her numbers full, 
Thenceforth shall be for ever shut. Mean whi...Read more of this...
by Milton, John

The Cranes Of Ibycus

...mouth, with terror pale,
Tells of his guilt the fearful tale.
Before the judge they drag them now
The scene becomes the tribunal;
Their crimes the villains both avow,
When neath the vengeance-stroke they fall....Read more of this...
by Schiller, Friedrich von

The Vision of Judgment

...hael, 'you mistake; these things 
Are of a former life, and what we do 
Above is more august; to judge of kings 
Is the tribunal met: so now you know.' 
'Then I presume those gentlemen with wings,' 
Said Wilkes, 'are cherubs; and that soul below 
Looks much like George the Third, but to my mind 
A good deal older — Bless me! is he blind?' 

LXIX 

'He is what you behold him, and his doom 
Depends upon his deeds,' the Angel said; 
'If you have aught to arraign in him, the tomb...Read more of this...
by Byron, George (Lord)

Wert Thou but ill -- that I might show thee

...untry --
And Mine -- the Door
Thou paused at, for a passing bounty --
No More --

Accused -- wert Thou -- and Myself -- Tribunal --
Convicted -- Sentenced -- Ermine -- not to Me
Half the Condition, thy Reverse -- to follow --
Just to partake -- the infamy --

The Tenant of the Narrow Cottage, wert Thou --
Permit to be
The Housewife in thy low attendance
Contenteth Me --

No Service hast Thou, I would not achieve it --
To die -- or live --
The first -- Sweet, proved I, ere I s...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

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