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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY ANGEL, by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD Poet's Biography First Line: My passion was an angel veiled in grey Last Line: Shrouded and still she lies 'twixt you and me. Alternate Author Name(s): Radford, Ernest, Mrs. Subject(s): Angels | |||
MY passion was an angel veiled in grey, She stood and dreamed apart on shadowy ground, So still she was she stirred not night or day In those dim hills her timorous feet had found; My passion was an angel veiled in grey Until she fled you down the immortal way. My passion was an angel clad in white, Her glistening wings were spread to sweep the skies, The eternal gates were opened at her flight, Wet with the unshaken dews of paradise; Till God, Who had no pity for her peace, Closed all the heavenly roads of her release. My passion was an angel wrapt in fire, Outcast from heaven and pilgrim from her birth, About her flamed the torches of desire That left no streams of healing on the earth; Till God said she should die for pity's sake -- My angel neither heaven nor earth would take. My angel who is dead you shall not see, Nor how your name is scarred upon her breast, Scorched on her whiteness for eternity, Your tenderest name that burnt her into rest; My angel that you killed you shall not see, Shrouded and still she lies 'twixt you and me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MINISTERING ANGELS by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG ST. PETER AND THE ANGEL by DENISE LEVERTOV SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL FOUNTAIN IN AVIGNON by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE FEATHER AT BREENDONCK by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BROTHERS: 3. AS FOR MYSELF by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE BIRTH ANGELS by STEPHEN DOBYNS TO MY CHILDREN: 3 by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD |
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