Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO THE VIRGIN, by FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD VON HARDENBERG


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TO THE VIRGIN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A thousand hands, devoutly tender
Last Line: My whole rapt being—heart and mind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Novalis
Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary


A THOUSAND hands, devoutly tender,
Have sought thy beauty to express,
But none, oh Mary, none can render,
As my soul sees, thy loveliness.

I gaze till earth's confusion fadeth
Like to a dream, and leaves behind
A heaven of sweetness which pervadeth
My whole rapt being—heart and mind.





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