Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE OF PAIN, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES First Line: Unto the prison house of pain none willingly repair Last Line: For to no earthly dwelling-place seems god so strangely near! Subject(s): Pain; Religion; Suffering; Misery; Theology | ||||||||
Unto the Prison House of Pain none willingly repair The bravest who an entrance gain Reluctant linger there; For Pleasure, passing by that door, stays not to cheer the sight, And Sympathy but muffles sound and banishes the light. Yet in the Prison House of Pain things full of beauty blow Like Christmas roses, which attain Perfection with the snow Love, entering, in his mild warmth the darkest shadows melt, And often, where the hush is deep, the waft of wings is felt. Ah, me! the Prison House of Pain!what lessons there are bought! Lessons of a sublimer strain Than any elsewhere taught; Amid its loneliness and bloom, grave meanings grow more clear, For to no earthly dwelling-place seems God so strangely near! | 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 A NARROW WINDOW by FLORENCE EARLE COATES |
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