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 | ||||||||
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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!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 LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A REPUBLIC! by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MAGRADY GRAHAM by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY |
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