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The Dream of the Rood, a work of Christian epic poetry in Old English believed to date from the 7th century, preserved in the Vercelli Book Heliand , an epic poem which retells the life of Jesus Christ in Old Saxon , alliterative verse , and like the story of a Pre-Christian Germanic tribal leader.
- “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent,” John Milton
- “Good Friday,” Christina Rossetti
- “God’s Grandeur,” Gerard Manley Hopkins
When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide; “Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?” I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murm...
Am I a stone and not a sheep That I can stand, O Christ, beneath thy cross, To number drop by drop Thy blood’s slow loss, And yet not weep? Not so those women loved Who with exceeding grief lamented thee; Not so fallen Peter weeping bitterly; Not so the thief was moved; Not so the sun and moon Which hid their faces in a starless sky, A horror of gr...
The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil, And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell; the soil ...
- Leland Ryken
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Christian poetry is almost as old as Christianity itself. Early Christian hymns even helped to establish rhyme as a common feature of poetry (much earlier, pre-Christian poetry was unrhymed), and the impact of Christianity on the world of verse has been considerable.
Some of the greatest and most influential poets of the past century have been strongly inspired by their Christian faith. Here are five poets whose writings help add a new layer of depth to the faith.
Jul 24, 2017 · So begins this poem, by the medieval Scottish poet William Dunbar (c. 1465-c. 1530). It boasts one of the finest opening lines in all medieval poetry. The rest of the poem is pretty good, too. It takes as its theme the Resurrection, and casts Christ as a crusading knight, so it’s a hugely exciting piece of sacred poetry.
Oct 2, 2024 · His Christian poetry writings are found in classic Armenian, Koine Greek, and Old Georgian. Hadewijch (13th century) A poet and mystic we know almost nothing about, ...
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Poetic merit and Christian identity are separate qualities, but a meaningful definition of Christian poetry must include both. Without literary quality, religious verse is merely didactic writing. However uplifting to the faithful, verse sermons and moral exhortation are a second-class branch of literature.
