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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, by ZOE KINCAID BROCKMAN First Line: When he was gone, and christ mass came to mary Last Line: To see this night a star and not a cross! Subject(s): Christmas; Death - Children; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Women In The Bible; Nativity, The; Death - Babies; Virgin Mary | |||
When He was gone, and christ Mass came to Mary, Touching Judean hills with that strange light, Did she see star and gift and kneeling shepherd, Or did Golgotha pierce her shrinking sight? Could she enshroud the past in future glory, Forget her loss and all He suffered, too? Or did she walk in loneliness and longing As grieving earthly mothers always do? He was her child, and she -- she was His mother; With her I share a common, bitter loss: Oh, teach me, Mary, Mother of Our Saviour, To see this night a star and not a cross! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MADONNA by KATHARINE LEE BATES BALLADE TO OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA by HILAIRE BELLOC OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SONG OF MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON ISLAND MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON |
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