Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RENUNCIATION, by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON Poet's Biography First Line: O wherefore thus, apart with drooping wings Last Line: Thou sweetest, dearest angel! Alternate Author Name(s): H. H.; Holm, Saxe; Jackson, Helen Hunt Subject(s): Heaven; Jesus Christ; Tears; Paradise | ||||||||
O wherefore thus, apart with drooping wings Thou stillest, saddest angel, With hidden face, as if but bitter things Thou hadst, and no evangel Of good tidings? Thou know'st that through our tears Of hasty, selfish weeping, Comes surer sun; and for our petty fears Of loss, thou hast in keeping A greater gain than all of which we dreamed. Thou knowest that in grasping The bright possessions which so precious seemed, We lose them; but, if clasping Thy faithful hand, we tread with steadfast feet The path of thy appointing, There waits for us a treasury of sweet Delight; royal anointing With oil of gladness and of strength! O, things Of Heaven, Christ's evangel Bearing, call us with shining face and poised wings, Thou sweetest, dearest angel! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A LAST PRAYER by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON |
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