Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COMMON PRAYER, by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: O hear the secret word I cannot say Last Line: "say: ""throughly do I know thee. Peace, be still!" Subject(s): Death; Love; Peace; Prayer; Dead, The | ||||||||
O HEAR the secret word I cannot say, And comprehend the prayer I cannot pray; Read Thou the broken poem of my pain, Divine the motive of my music vain, And know the colour never artist knew My crazy imageries yearn unto: O God, of Whom I am the clouded Gleam, Art Thou indeed the Dream I cannot dream? Then fall like sleep upon mine aching eyes, And hush my lips whose very truths are lies. O Love and Lover, light this gloaming chill; Say: "Throughly do I know thee. Peace, be still!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN TO HER LOVER by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR |
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