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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VESTA, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O christ of god! Whose life and death
Last Line: To thee shall point the way!
Subject(s): Grief; Jesus Christ; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: O christ of god! Whose life and death
Last Line: To thee shall point the way!
Subject(s): Grief; Jesus Christ; Sorrow; Sadness
O CHRIST of God! whose life and death
Our own have reconciled,
Most quietly, most tenderly
Take home thy star-named child!
Thy grace is in her patient eyes,
Thy words are on her tongue;
The very silence round her seems
As if the angels sung.
Her smile is as a listening child's
Who hears its mother's call;
The lilies of Thy perfect peace
About her pillow fall.
She leans from out our clinging arms
To rest herself in Thine;
Alone to Thee, dear Lord, can we
Our well-beloved resign.
O, less for her than for ourselves
We bow our heads and pray;
Her setting star, like Bethlehem's,
To Thee shall point the way!
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