Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Cologne | | Saint Christopher | | Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham (1793–1870) |
| | In the Cathedral
AH, my strong saint, who wouldst not deign to serve | |
| Aught but the strongest! I behold thee there, | |
| With thy broad shoulders and thy giant form, | |
| Thou hadst no wit nor knowledge; couldst not learn | |
| What the priests bade thee,—couldst not bend thy knee | 5 |
| To their long prayers or tedious penances. | |
| Thou gavest what thou hadst, thy manly strength, | |
| To the sweet service of humanity. | |
| So thou didst bear the Christ upon thy back, | |
| And minister unto the Lord of Glory. | 10 | | | |
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