Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER CREED, by SARAH KNOWLES BOLTON Poet's Biography First Line: She stood before a chosen few Last Line: "to her who ""strove to follow him." Subject(s): Faith; Worship; Belief; Creed | ||||||||
SHE stood before a chosen few, With modest air and eyes of blue; A gentle creature, in whose face Were mingled tenderness and grace. "You wish to join our fold," they said: "Do you believe in all that's read From ritual and written creed, Essential to our human need?" A troubled look was in her eyes; She answered, as in vague surprise, As though the sense to her were dim, "I only strive to follow him." They knew her life; how, oft she stood, Sweet in her guileless maidenhood, By dying bed, in hovel lone, Whose sorrow she had made her own. Oft had her voice in prayer been heard, Sweet as the voice of singing bird; Her hand been open in distress; Her joy to brighten and to bless. Yet still she answered, when they sought To know her inmost earnest thought, With look as of the seraphim, "I only strive to follow him." Creeds change as ages come and go; We see by faith, but little know: Perchance the sense was not so dim To her who "strove to follow him." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION by MINA LOY THE INEVITABLE by SARAH KNOWLES BOLTON |
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