Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPIRITUAL SONNET: ON ANGELS, by WILLIAM WRIGHTSON EUSTACE ROSS Poet's Biography First Line: Angels, as well as birds, on silent wing Last Line: With kind and piercing glance of soul and eye. Alternate Author Name(s): Ross, W. W. E. Subject(s): Angels | ||||||||
Angels, as well as birds, on silent wing Proceeding through the upper, open air, Under the full intense celestial glare, Perceive the true form of each earthly thing; Birdlike the eye they deftly, subtly fling Into the distance. Steadily they stare Unhindered by the circumambient glare, Angels as well as birds can sweetly sing. They too are known to hover above a nest Wherein the swathéd soul of man doth lie Soft-hidden deep in matter as in wool, And theirs, too, the prerogative of rest, To soothe at times in manner wonderful, With kind and piercing glance of soul and eye. | 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 A DEATH by WILLIAM WRIGHTSON EUSTACE ROSS IF ICE by WILLIAM WRIGHTSON EUSTACE ROSS SPIRITUAL SONNET: ON THE SUPERNATURAL by WILLIAM WRIGHTSON EUSTACE ROSS |
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