Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STILLBORN IN HEAVEN, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poet's Biography First Line: In the beautiful garden of paradise, where / the souls of the blessed go Last Line: "with pangs and cries I was born last night, and died in my mother's bed!" Subject(s): Heaven; Prayer; Paradise | ||||||||
IN the beautiful garden of paradise, where the souls of the blessèd go, I saw in dream a multitude which wended to and fro, And their mouths were filled with heavenly speech beyond all mortal phrase As they walked where the crystal fount of life in gleaming column plays: But One I saw who fared alone and bore a flame for his heart, Like a stranger in a foreign land who lives and moves apart; And yet the face of the radiant Soul was bright as a noonday sun, And I drew a-nigh to question it, the Lonely and Lovely One. "Oh, wherefore, pray," I asked of It, "Do you not join yonder throng Whom the healing touch of eternity has wakened into song?" "I am neither of Heaven, nor, yet, of earth," The Shining Spirit said, "With pangs and cries I was born last night, and died in my mother's bed!" | 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 SAILOR CHANTEY (ON BARK 'PESTALLOZI' OFF TRISTAN D'ACUNHA ISLANDS) by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP |
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