Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCARS OF SIN, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My smile is bright, my glance is free Last Line: Scar-seam'd and crippled still. Subject(s): Sin | ||||||||
MY smile is bright, my glance is free, My voice is calm and clear; Dear friend, I seem a type to thee Of holy love and fear. But I am scann'd by eyes unseen, And these no saint surround; They mete what is by what has been, And joy the lost is found. Erst my good Angel shrank to see My thoughts and ways of ill; And now he scarce dare gaze on me, Scar-seam'd and crippled still. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN STREAMS OF NEVIS by GALWAY KINNELL CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BROTHERS: 4. IN MY OWN DEFENSE by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL APPELLATE JURISDICTION by MARIANNE MOORE |
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