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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUATRAINS (FOR FOUR DRAWINGS BY JORGE PALOMINO): 3. SORROW, by CHARLES PHILLIPS (1880-1933)
First Line: Nay, look again, and up, blind eyes of fear
Last Line: The stricken soul still rises and aspires.
Subject(s): Grief; Soul; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Nay, look again, and up, blind eyes of fear
Last Line: The stricken soul still rises and aspires.
Subject(s): Grief; Soul; Sorrow; Sadness
Nay, look again, and up, blind eyes of fear --
Behold how, high above grief's ashen fires,
High over heartbreak and the frozen tear
The stricken soul still rises and aspires.
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