Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ESSENCE, by MIRIAM ALLEN DEFORD


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ESSENCE, by                    
First Line: Out of the darkness - a light
Last Line: Only the world's staunch lover!
Subject(s): Despair; Fate; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Silence; Destiny


Out of the darkness -- a light.
Out of the silence -- a voice.
Out of despair -- a soul
Unfaltering to its goal.

Unconquerably the bright
Spirit asserts its choice,
Bids the clogged body wait
And dominates its fate.

But deeper than all, the heart,
Quick to feel others' pain,
Ignores its manacles,
And lives in mankind's ills.

Miracles play their part,
Revealing what had lain
Hidden; but could discover
Only the world's staunch lover!





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