Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCRIBE, by COLUMCILLE First Line: For weariness my hand writes ill Last Line: Till wearied all am I to-night. Alternate Author Name(s): Columba Subject(s): Secretaries; Writing & Writers | ||||||||
For weariness my hand writes ill, My small, sharp quill runs rough and slow; Its slender beak with failing craft Puts forth its draught of dark, blue flow. And yet God's blessed wisdom gleams And streams beneath my fair-brown palm The while quick jets of holly ink The letters link of prayer or psalm. So, still my dripping pen is fain To cross the plain of parchment white, Unceasing at some rich man's call, Till wearied all am I to-night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELL, SELECTION by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 126: THE DOUBTING MAN by LYN HEJINIAN WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD COMPULSIVE QUALIFICATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD DEUTSCH DURCH FREUD by RANDALL JARRELL LET THEM ALONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS COLUMCILLE THE SCRIBE by COLUMCILLE |
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