Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCULPTOR'S VISION, by HENRIETTA CORDELIA RAY Poet's Biography First Line: A sculptor musing sat one eve Last Line: That floats through many olden lays. Alternate Author Name(s): Ray, Cordelia Subject(s): Sculpture & Sculptors | ||||||||
A sculptor musing sat one eve, When crimson clouds began to weave Their sunset drapery in the sky; Cold was his studio and bare, But golden sunbeams lingered there, And robins caroling flew by. A vision on his dreaming broke; With parted lips and eyes that spoke, A statue stood of beauty rare, And chiseled with such exquisite care, It seemed no mortal hand had share In what was like embodied prayer. The sculptor woke to find his dream Of loveliness was but a gleam Of what the future might unfold; And then resolved to labor late, Until his work his dream could mate, And daily carved with joy untold. But sometimes sorrow mingled there, For naught he fashioned could compare With that chaste form which ev'ry night, Would come to give him impulse new, To bid him seek the pure, the true, And lead him to a clearer light. Nor wrought the sculptor all in vain; The statue grew despite his pain, In curves of beauty, strength and grace; And so he loved his magic art, His very soul seemed to impart A something human to the face. Yet was the vision fairer still; Its subtle presence seemed to fill The space before his troubled gaze. It beckoned him to heights unknown, And charmed him like the undertone That floats through many olden lays. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT THE MUSEE RODIN IN PARIS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE PARALLAX MONOGRAPH FOR RODIN by NORMAN DUBIE THE SAINTS OF NEGATIVITY; FOR ERMA POUNDS by NORMAN DUBIE A ROGERS GROUP by ROBERT FROST ON A HORSE CARVED IN WOOD by DONALD HALL JADE MOTHER GODDESS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN GALLERIES by RANDALL JARRELL AFTER THE STORM by HENRIETTA CORDELIA RAY |
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