Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABER STATIONS: STATIO SEPTIMA, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poet's Biography First Line: The heavens are very blue Last Line: Be still, o earth, be still! Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Heaven; Mountain Climbing; Paradise | ||||||||
The heavens are very blue Above the western hill; The earth is very still -- I will draw near, and view The spot Where he is . . . not. But O dear cliff, O big, good-natured giant, I think some delicate dint must still remain On your broad surface, from the strain Of limbs so sweetly pliant. Behold! The lamb! the lamb! fallen from the very rock! Cold! cold! Dead! dead! His little head Rests on the very block That Braddan trod -- Dear lambs! twin lambs of God! Old cliff, such things Might move some stubborn questionings -- But now I question not -- See, see! the waterfall Is robed in rainbows -- what! Our lambs? My Braddan shall have charge Of him, and lead him by the marge Of some bright stream celestial. Braddan shall be a happy shepherd boy; No trouble shall annoy That soft green pasturn -- Ah, Murillo, saint! Kind friend! that for all sorrowing hearts didst paint John Baptist and the Lamb -- those arms thrown round That neck! Forgive me, God, that I have found Some comfort in this little parable -- It gives me strength to climb the hill, And humbly so return -- God bless the merry burn! I have no will But thine, O God! I know that Thou art true -- Be blue, O heavens, be blue! Be still, O earth, be still! | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...NOTES FROM THE OTHER SIDE by JANE KENYON 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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