Read full poem →The paintings in the chapel wear thy looks,
The canticles are changed to sarabands,
And with the leaned doctors of the schools
Dictionary Entry
A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.
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Poetry examples for “canticles”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Where robins chant their Litanies,
And canticles of joy.
Read full poem →Up from the burning core below,--
The canticles of love and woe:
The hand that rounded Peter's dome