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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIMON THE CYRENIAN SPEAKS, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He never spoke a word to me Last Line: With bruise of lash or stone. Variant Title(s): Shadowed Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Simon Of Cyrene; Theology | |||
He never spoke a word to me, And yet He called my name. He never gave a sign to me, And yet I knew and came. At first I said, "I will not bear His cross upon my back -- He only seeks to place it there Because my skin is black." But He was dying for a dream, And He was very meek; And in His eyes there shone a gleam Men journey far to seek. It was Himself my pity bought; I did for Christ alone What all of Rome could not have wrought With bruise of lash or stone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY THE LITANY OF THE DARK PEOPLE by COUNTEE CULLEN |
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