Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HELEN KELLER, by FRANCES BEEBE First Line: Whose eyes may handle beauty? Last Line: Of beauty neither seen nor heard! Subject(s): Beauty; Faces; Keller, Helen (1880-1968) | ||||||||
Whose eyes may handle beauty? Whose ears manage her? Whose lips protest her? For Beauty is a delicate thing! Her chase Shall not be ordered by an ear, Nor shall a dusty eye attest Her face, Nor shall her language be averred By one who has not striven for the word! Ye blinded, garrulous crowd, Whose ears are stupid and whose tongue is loud, Only the constant senses seek Where simple loveliness has stirred! So may this woman's spirit speak Of beauty neither seen nor heard! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPIRIT VISION by COUNTEE CULLEN MOTHER NIGHT by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM THE MESSAGE-BEARER by JOHN D. BARRY |
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