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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TAORMINI, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Say, hast thou track'd a traveller's round
Last Line: For fourteen trial-years.
Subject(s): Jacob (bible)
First Line: Say, hast thou track'd a traveller's round
Last Line: For fourteen trial-years.
Subject(s): Jacob (bible)
SAY, hast thou track'd a traveller's round,
Nor visions met thee there,
Thou couldst but marvel to have found
This blighted world so fair?
And feel an awe within thee rise,
That sinful man should see
Glories far worthier Seraph's eyes
Than to be shared by thee?
Store them in heart! thou shalt not faint
'Mid coming pains and fears,
As the third heaven once nerved a Saint
For fourteen trial-years.
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