Christopher Morley

Here you will find the Poem The Church of Unbent Knees of poet Christopher Morley

The Church of Unbent Knees

AS I went by the church to-day 
I heard the organ cry; 
And goodly folk were on their knees, 
But I went striding by.

My minister hath a roof more vast: 
My aisles are oak-trees high; 
My altar-cloth is on the hills, 
My organ is the sky.

I see my rood upon the clouds, 
The winds, my chanted choir; 
My crystal windows, heaven-glazed, 
Are stained with sunset fire.

The stars, the thunder, and the rain, 
White sands and purple seas- 
These are His pulpit and His pew, 
My God of Unbent Knees!