Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AH, BIND MY HANDS, by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, bind my outstretched hands, I pray Last Line: To bear her sore heart's grieving. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
AH, bind my outstretched hands, I pray, With heavy fetters chaining, Or they might else on my breast lay A loved head, rest attaining. And wall up, too, this heart of mine, In closest dungeon keeping; Already through the windows shine Love's bright flames upward leaping. Oh, make me deaf! Oh, make me blind! No glimpse of joy receiving! 'T is hard for the forsaken child To bear her sore heart's grieving. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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