Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLIND BARTIMAEUS, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blind bartimaeus at the gates Last Line: "thy faith from blindness gives release!" Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Bible; Blindness; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Visually Handicapped; Theology | ||||||||
Blind Bartimaeus at the gates Of Jericho in darkness waits; He hears the crowd - he hears a breath Say, "It is Christ of Nazareth!" And calls, in tones of agony, "Jesus, have mercy now on me!" The thronging multitudes increase; Blind Bartimaeus, hold thy peace! But still, above the noisy crowd, The beggar's cry is shrill and loud; Until they say, "He calleth thee!" "Fear not, arise, He calleth thee!" Then saith the Christ, as silent stands The crowd, "What wilt thou at my hands?" And he replies, "O give me light! Rabbi, restore the blind man's sight!" And Jesus answers, "Go in peace, Thy faith from blindness gives release!" Ye that have eyes, yet cannot see, In darkness and in misery, Recall those mighty Voices Three, "Jesus, have ,mercy now on me! Fear not, arise, and go in peace! Thy faith from blindness gives release!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET; OCTOBER, 1746 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |
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