Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SISTER AT A MATERNITY HOSPITAL, by R. ALEXANDER BATE First Line: When sister through the doorway peeps Last Line: Madonna and the child asleep. Subject(s): Birth; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Sisters; Women In The Bible; Child Birth; Midwifery; Virgin Mary; Theology | ||||||||
When Sister through the doorway peeps (Her mortal flesh a saint-dom seeks) And sees reclining ill at ease A wife in toils her lord to please. Then in her sacred hidden cell She prays, "Oh Lord, 'tis well, 'tis well Thy votaries with spirit fret," And cries, "Oh Lord here I am yet." But now the sainted Sister peeps And sees reclining there in heaps Two saints so fair that she must weep, Madonna and the child asleep. | 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 GETHSEMANE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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