Read full poem →warbles hymns before he sleeps ; Herbert delights
to set anthems to his lute ; and Wotton bequeaths
his viol to a friend.
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. anthemsanthems nationalanthems verseanthems twoanthems chandosanthems coronation
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Poetry examples for “anthems”
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Read full poem →Through woods and mountain passes
The winds, like anthems, roll;
They are chanting solemn masses,
Read full poem →Fain would I echo back each pleasant note
As o'er Sicilian seas, clear anthems float
'Mong the light skimming gondolas far parted,
Read full poem →Nought but profoundest Hell can be his shroud;
In vain, with timbrelled anthems dark,
The sable-stoled sorcerers bear his worshipped ark. 220
Read full poem →O could she hear what praise thine harp employs,
How sweet thine anthems, how divine thy joys!
What heav'nly grandeur should exalt her strain!
Read full poem →On harps of gold to tune immortal lays,
And to your God immortal anthems raise.
Read full poem →On harps of gold to tune immortal lays,
And to your God immortal anthems raise.
Read full poem →And on the distant waves sail countless ships,
And anthems in new tongues I hear saluting me.