Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BLIND MAN AWAKES IN HEAVEN, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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THE BLIND MAN AWAKES IN HEAVEN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: So much I had forgotten in the dark!
Last Line: And not a curve is changed in mother's face.
Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise


So much I had forgotten in the dark!
And here in heaven it returns again, --
Floods of familiar eye-sight memories
That bathe my soul in gladness! Once again
Those tender massy hues that softly reach
Out of the blackness to the tardy dawn;
Once more the pebble flashing in the sun,
The clean look of the grasses after rain,
The delicate withdrawing of the trees
Along the far horizons; once again
The phlox a-quiver to a hungry moth,
The hot poise of the dragon-fly, the slow
Reluctant falling of the autumn leaves;
And once again -- oh, kindly place prepared! --
The blessed friendliness of books a-row
In smiling cases. Home! Once more at home,
After a long, black exile. And the form
Of mother's hand is what it used to be,
And not a curve is changed in mother's face.





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