Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE VIRGIN, by JOHN LYDGATE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Queen of heaven, of hell eke emperess Last Line: To thy five joys that have devotion. Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary | ||||||||
Queen of Heaven, of Hell eke Emperess, Lady of this world, O very lodestar To mariners 'gainst all mortal distress In their passage that they do not err; Thy look of mercy cast down from so far On all thy servants by chaste compassion, Grant them good peace, save them from mortal war, To thy five Joys that have devotion. Celestial Cypress set upon Syon, Highest Cedar of perfit holiness, Carbuncle of charity and green emerald stone, Whole and unbroken in virginal clearness; O Sapphire, loupe all swelling to repress On cankered sores and venomous feloun, In ghostly woundes by their governess, To thy five Joys that have devotion. Rod of Aaron, gracious and benign; Well of all grace and merciful pity, Where the Holy Ghost list to close and sign The crystal cloister of thy Virginity; Balm of Engadi 'gainst all infirmity, Of folk that languish to tribulation, Preserve and keep from all adversity, To thy five Joys that have devotion. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MADONNA by KATHARINE LEE BATES BALLADE TO OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA by HILAIRE BELLOC OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SONG OF MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON ISLAND MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON MARY'S DREAM by LUCILLE CLIFTON AGAINST WOMEN'S FASHIONS by JOHN LYDGATE DESCRIPTION OF THE GOLDEN AGE, FR. FALLS OF PRINCES by JOHN LYDGATE |
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