Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEAUTITUDE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: And is it well with thee Last Line: May enter in. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
And is it well with thee? Aye, past all dreaming, well! For here we dwell Where none may weep, And Paradise is ours again to keep, The tree of knowledge in the midst thereof. Time-ripened love -- The leaves no more for healing, but for food Of life renewed, Fresh with the dew, from vanished faith distilled, Of hope fulfilled. All round us angels be To guard the gateways, not with sword of flame, But fragrant breathings of the holy Name, That never more an after-thought of sin May enter in. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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