Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EYESERVICE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Eyeservice let me give Last Line: Eyeservice still! Subject(s): Eyes | ||||||||
Eyeservice let me give The while I live; In shadow or in light, By day or night, With all my heart and skill Eyeservice still! Yes, for the eyes I'll serve -- Nor faint nor swerve -- Are not the eyes of man That lightly scan, But God's, that pierce and see The whole of me! Beneath the farthest skies Where morning flies, In heaven or in hell If I should dwell, In dark or daylight fair, The Eyes are there! No trembling fugitive, Boldly I live, If, as in that pure sight, I live aright, Yielding with hand and will Eyeservice still! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BANGLA DESH: 2. THE BLOOD IN MY EYES by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ DUST IN THE EYES by ROBERT FROST THE CEREMONY OF OPENING THE MOUTH AND THE EYES by FORREST GANDER YOUR EYES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THROUGH A GLASS EYE, LIGHTLY by CAROLYN KIZER A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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