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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARRAIGNMENT, by HELEN GRAY CONE First Line: Not ye who have stoned, not ye who have smitted us,' cry Last Line: "we sobbed you our message: ye said, 'it is song, and sweet!'" Alternate Author Name(s): Green, Coroebus | |||
"NOT ye who have stoned, not ye who have smitten us," cry The sad, great souls, as they go out hence into dark, -- "Not ye we accuse, though for you was our passion borne; And ye we reproach not, who silently passed us by. We forgive blind eyes and the ears that would not hark, The careless and causeless hate and the shallow scorn. "But ye, who have seemed to know us, have seen and heard; Who have set us at feasts and have crowned with the costly rose; Who have spread us the purple of praises beneath our feet; Yet guessed not the word that we spake was a living word, Applauding the sound, -- we account you as worse than foes! We sobbed you our message: ye said, 'It is song, and sweet!'" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLAND by HELEN GRAY CONE A YELLOW PANSY by HELEN GRAY CONE AN IVORY MINIATURE by HELEN GRAY CONE FAIR ENGLAND by HELEN GRAY CONE JULIA RICHMAN by HELEN GRAY CONE THE BALLAD OF CASSANDRA BROWN by HELEN GRAY CONE THE CONTRAST by HELEN GRAY CONE THE LAST CUP OF CANARY; SIR HARRY LOVELOCK, 1645 by HELEN GRAY CONE THE RIDE TO THE LADY by HELEN GRAY CONE |
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