Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLOISTERED, by ALICE BROWN Poet's Biography First Line: Seal thou the window! Yea, shut out the light Last Line: Shall beat on in the dark. Subject(s): Solitude; Worship; Loneliness | ||||||||
SEAL thou the window! Yea, shut out the light And bar my door to all the airs of spring. Yet in my cell, concealed from curious sight, Here will I sit and sing. Deaf, blind, and wilt Thou have me dumb, also, Telling in silence these sad beads of days? So let it be: though no sweet numbers flow, My breath shall be Thy praise. Yea, though Thou slay the life wherein men see The upward-mounting flame, the failing spark, My heart of love, that heart Thou gavest me, Shall beat on in the dark. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES |
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