Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE UNVEILING, by JOHN FREEMAN


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THE UNVEILING, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In that spring week of sacred memories
Last Line: Unveils the crucified.
Subject(s): God; Grief; Mankind; Religion; Sorrow; Sadness; Human Race; Theology


IN that spring week of sacred memories
Draped is the holy shrine,
Lest the air heavy with man's dailiness
And mortal cares and passions undivine
Should cast upon the shape by new grief slain
Earth's never-fading stain.

So each man still from gross encounter covers
Something of all most dear—
A secret gem, a hope that flamelike hovers
Serene and in his darkest night burns clear,
When clouds stoop low and all grief's stormy nation
Rise on his desolation.

But when the sweet distress of tingling sense
Sinks, until abhorred,
And all the body is a sick offence
And the soul seeks after her absent Lord,
Even then, though faith and hope have fought and died,
Unveils the Crucified.





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