Frankincense Thrones

“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying . . .” ~ Luke 2:13

A spoken hymn it was — not sung.  They spoke,

Those angels, spoke those words, spoke far above

Mere music.  Right across the world they broke

Out angel sounds, the highest sounds of love,

Across the fields of Bethlehem.  Word notes

There were, word notes of angel baritones

And basses, seraphim’s high tenor throats,

Archangel alto notes from fragrant thrones

Of God and Christ and Spirit.  Music?  None

Was there except the beauty from their tongues,

More gorgeous than a melody since spun

With words of wealth from golden sun-like lungs.

  The spoken tones were scented like perfume

    On Christ’s dead limbs in his triumphant tomb.

~ Phillip Whidden

by phillipw | Dec 24, 2023 | BU, CH, GR, TO | 2 comments