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Ecclesiastical Sonnets – Part I. – VII – Recovery, By: William Wordsworth

September 14, 2023 by Editors

Ecclesiastical Sonnets - Part I. - VII - Recovery, By: William Wordsworth

As, when a storm hath ceased, the birds regain
Their cheerfulness, and busily retrim
Their nests, or chant a gratulating hymn
To the blue ether and bespangled plain;
Even so, in many a re-constructed fane,
Have the survivors of this Storm renewed
Their holy rites with vocal gratitude:
And solemn ceremonials they ordain
To celebrate their great deliverance;
Most feelingly instructed ‘mid their fear
That persecution, blind with rage extreme,
May not the less, through Heaven’s mild countenance,
Even in her own despite, both feed and cheer;
For all things are less dreadful than they seem.

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