Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BOW OF BEAUTY, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bow of beauty, arching o'er us, tinted with unearthly dyes Last Line: Love's and mercy's light assuming, like the rainbow it doth shine. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Angels; Beauty; Cupid; Heaven; Jews; Love; Eros; Paradise; Judaism | ||||||||
BOW of beauty, arching o'er us, tinted with unearthly dyes, Stealing silently before us on the cloud of stormy skies; In the beaming radiance seeming, like an angel-path from heaven; Or a vision to our dreaming, of some fairy fabric given. Thou art Mercy's emblem, brightly smiling through an angry frown; Fairer for the gloom, as nightly glow the gems in Ether's crown. And when wrath is darkest glooming on the countenance divine, Love's and Mercy's light assuming, like the rainbow it doth shine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL |
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