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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MESSAGE-BEARER, by JOHN D. BARRY
First Line: Blind, she helps us all to see
Last Line: Transmuting loss to gain!
Subject(s): Blindness; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Pain; Praise; Visually Handicapped; Suffering; Misery
First Line: Blind, she helps us all to see
Last Line: Transmuting loss to gain!
Subject(s): Blindness; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Pain; Praise; Visually Handicapped; Suffering; Misery
Blind, she helps us all to see;
Deaf, she teaches us to hear;
Dumb, she speaks with words that sing;
Humbly we offer her our sheaves,
Our reverence and our praise,
In awe before her,
Poor where she is rich,
Yet proud to be
Of her great heritage
That bids mere sense
To yield before the spirit.
O wondrous alchemy of pain,
Transmuting loss to gain!
Other Poems of Interest...
PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES
SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES
IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH
THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES