Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSES WRITTEN UNDER A PRINT, by JOHN BYROM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: See represented here, in light and shade Last Line: The birth of jesus in the human soul. Variant Title(s): The Salutation Of The Blessed Virgin Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary | ||||||||
SEE represented here, in light and shade, The angel's visit to the blessed maid; To Mary, destin'd, when the time should come, To bear the Saviour in her virgin womb; Explaining to her the mysterious plan Of man's redemptionhis becoming man. When ev'ry previous wonder had been done, The virgin then was to conceive a Son; And to prepare her for the grand event, From God, his Father, Gabriel was sent, To hail the chosen organ of his birth Of God with us,of JESUS upon earth. Unable to express celestial things Imagination adds expanded wings To human form exact, and beauteous face; Which angels have, but with angelic grace, Free from all grossness and defect; nor seen, But with a pure chaste eye, divinely keen. Such Mary's was, whose posture here design'd The most profound humility of mind; Modestly asking how the thing could be; And saying, when inform'd of God's decree, Behold the handmaid of the Lord! His will Let Him, according to thy word, fulfil. What fair instruction may the scene impart To them who look beyond the painter's art! Who, in th' angelic message from above, See the revealing of God's gracious love To ev'ry soul, that yields itself to all That pleases Him. whatever may befall! Whatever circumstance of heav'nly grace Might be peculiar to the virgin's case, That holy thing, that saves a soul from sin, Of God's good Spirit must be born within: For all salvation is, upon the whole, The birth of JESUS in the human soul. | 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 MARY'S DREAM by LUCILLE CLIFTON A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY (2) by JOHN BYROM |
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