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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVEN WEEDS, by ESTELLA SHIELDS FAHRINGER First Line: The one that sins, judge not Last Line: Reach upward toward the light. Subject(s): Leadership; Sin | |||
The one that sins, judge not. You cannot know the way He grew, nor whence he came. He could not choose the clay That fashioned him. Perhaps he sprung From loins old in sin that blindly flung This soul upon the earth. Perhaps he dimly seeks The good you know By right of better birth. Through darkened heritage Groping toward the sun He falls. Your hand should lead, You, the enlightened one. Love's miracle still heals the blind, And humble helping hands new mercies find. Know, in the quest of right, Though some were born but weeds, Yet even weeds Reach upward toward the light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN STREAMS OF NEVIS by GALWAY KINNELL CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BROTHERS: 4. IN MY OWN DEFENSE by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL APPELLATE JURISDICTION by MARIANNE MOORE |
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