Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BIRTH, by SULAMITH ISH-KISHOR


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First Line: Oh god who built this body round my heart
Last Line: And shook me forth, a grain of mortal sand!
Subject(s): Birth; Bodies; Creation; Mankind; Child Birth; Midwifery; Human Race


OH God who built this body round my heart,
And walled me in with bosom and with brow,
To keep my passion from my power apart,
To keep my soul from more than brain may know,—
Who limited my sight to two small spheres,
My touch to only what my hands can feel,
My hearing to the compass of two ears,
And my essential soul with earthly seal
Stamped and made manifest—Oh God, in thee
When once I lived, no tremors shook my feet;
When I was one same power with storm and sea
There was no strength could from my spirit beat
The presidence of calm!—Thou didst command
And shook me forth, a grain of mortal sand!





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