Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN PARADISE, by ARLO BATES Poet's Biography First Line: O pitying angel, pause, and say Last Line: "though thou hast won to paradise!" Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise | ||||||||
"O PITYING angel, pause, and say To me, new come to Paradise, How I may drive one pain away By penitence or sacrifice. From deeps below of nether Hell I hear a lost soul's bitter cry: Alas! It was through me she fell, -- What price forgetfulness may buy?" The passing angel paused in flight, Poised like fair stars which first arise, And looked on that pale suppliant white, With piercing pity in his eyes. "Ah, woe!" he said. "Thy joy and peace Cannot be bought with prayer or price. For thee that wail will never cease, Though thou hast won to Paradise!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX |
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