Christian England Poems
These Christian England poems are examples of England poems about Christian. These are the best examples of England Christian poems written by international poets.
Great Saint GeorgeGeorge faced the two ships of splendorous light
Entreated, and vowed to shatter the false gods
Openly soldiering on, through Christ’s name
Rome, heard this...
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christian, courage, endurance, england,
Blood and MossGood Friday night, and haunted by the cross
The body in the darkness sends the mind
To go out searching for him. Blood and moss
The crown...
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Categories:
christian, easter, england, faith,
Gildas TranslationsGILDAS TRANSLATIONS
These are modern English translations of Latin poems by the English monk Gildas Sapiens (“Gildas the Wise”).
“Alas! The nature of my complaint is...
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Categories:
christian, england, evil, god,
Cathars In the Land of the AnglesIn winter's cold grip
In the land of the Angles
The Good Christians came
Against their will to a trial
In a grand city
Called the Ford of the Oxen
Good...
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Categories:
christian, endurance, england, history,
The Birth of Jesus Christ Our SaviourThis piece was actually written by my 84 year old neighbor when he was 14 and it was the posted in the school magazine, before...
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england, bible, christian, christmas, jesus,
Queen ElizabethThe orb and sceptre, ring and crown
each with its cross adorned,
displayed the rule of Christ alone
to mark your fealty sworn.
But stripped to simple linen...
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england, celebration, christian, death, devotion,
Pleasant Power; Jennifer Proxenos of Uk, Greece, South AfricaI
You all know her, love her, enjoy them poems
Above all, a people-person, with three homes
I mean home-countries: first is Greece, Jenn's birth
Then there's England, UK:...
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africa, appreciation, christian, england,
Poetic Versus About the Semi Final RoundFour score, nothing there
Ukraine lost the Roman hosted sporting affair
Back in London Boris raises a Saturday pint
Proclaiming success on...
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Categories:
engagement, england, games, poetry,
There For MeLooking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.
I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...
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england, 12th grade, character, hope,
The Sheep FieldThe sheep field had been empty for a while
And then one day I saw them from the bus
All lined up on the hilltop by the...
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analogy, christian, confusion, england,
Thomas Chatterton Translation: Excellent Ballad of CharityAn Excelente Balade of Charitie (“An Excellent Ballad of Charity”)
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch
As wroten bie the goode Prieste
Thomas Rowley 1464
In...
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allegory, christian, england, faith,
Caedmon's FaceCaedmon’s Face
by Michael R. Burch
At the monastery of Whitby,
on a day when the sun sank through the sea,
and the gulls shrieked wildly, jubilant, free,
while the...
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Categories:
angel, christian, england, old,
At Caedmon's GraveAt Cædmon’s Grave
At Caedmon's Grave
by Michael R. Burch
“Cædmon’s Hymn,” composed at the Monastery of Whitby (a North Yorkshire fishing village), is one of the oldest...
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angel, bible, christian, england,
Medieval PoemsMedieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with...
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allegory, bible, christian, england,
SpartanSpartan
Some men are born to play,
and some… are not.
To them life is without common joy,
at least the kind others partake.
But it is instead...
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Categories:
england, bird, crazy, cry, death