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THE UNNAMED WOMEN: 1, by ELIZABETH RUNDELL CHARLES First Line: The hand that might have drawn aside Last Line: And consecrated by his smile. | ||||||||
The hand that might have drawn aside The veil, which from unloving sight Those shrinking forms avails to hide, With tender care has wrapped it tight. He would not have the sullied name Once fondly spoken in a home, A mark for strangers' righteous blame, Branded through every age to come. And thus we only speak of them As those on whom His mercies meet, -- 'She whom the Lord would not condemn,' And 'She who bathed with tears His feet.' Trusted to no evangelist, First heard where sins no more defile, Read from the Book of Life by Christ, And consecrated by His smile. | Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: STATE'S ATTORNEY FALLAS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPRING ON BROADWAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE LAWYER'S INVOCATION TO SPRING by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL THE RHODORA: ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER? by RALPH WALDO EMERSON BAYARD TAYLOR by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH MAY DAY by ADELAIDE A. ANDREWS THE GOOD SHEPHERD WITH THE KID by MATTHEW ARNOLD TWILIT HARMONY by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE TO HIS FRIEND IN ELYSIUM by JOACHIM DU BELLAY LINES; TO ONE WHO WISHED TO READ A POEM I HAD WRITTEN by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA |
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