Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ROSE WINDOW, by JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905)


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THE ROSE WINDOW, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This window hath seen many a dame and lord
Last Line: The unfading blossom of the rose there limned.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Windows


THIS window hath seen many a dame and lord
In robes of azure, pearl and gold that shone
Bend low beneath the priestly benison
Their hoods and helms whereon its radiance poured.
These at the trumpet-blast would seize the sword
And those the hooded falcon would set on
For chace of skyey game, their masters gone
To hunt for Christ the Saracenic horde.

Prone lie they all on marble hearses pale.
A lean hound props them in their silk or mail;
They do speak, nor listen, nor give sign.
Only from eyes of stone, as though undimmed,
They seek and see not on the glass a-shine
The unfading blossom of the Rose there limned.





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