Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ESTHER, by ANGELICO CHAVEZ First Line: My lady esther, beautiful / with beauty indescribable Last Line: "her tears and said: ""behold, thy son." | ||||||||
My Lady Esther, beautiful With beauty indescribable, Of guileless grace and modest mien, With much of handmaid and of queen, Nor less of mother than of maid, Dared stand in awe, yet unafraid Of all the pains that death might bring, Before the presence of her King. Where no man dared approach, alone She came and pleaded for her own, Sure that her beauty would be heard For me, whose life lay on his word. Oh, never beamed a star so fair As did my Lady Esther there; For Heaven's eyes, if lightning clear, Still lack the sparkle of a tear. And that great King of mind unknown By love was fixed fast to his throne, Transformed by joy to know that here Was one whose love surpassed her fear. Well might have Sheba's queen foregone Not only all of Solomon, But the whole world and everything For just one smile from such a King. How much that smile did mean to me My Lady Esther knows, for she Of guileless grace and modest mien, As much a handmaid as a queen, Nor less a mother than a maid, Dared stand alone and unafraid Before her King, who smiled upon Her tears and said: "Behold, thy son." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOME VERSES UPON THE BURNING OF OUR HOUSE JULY 10, 1666 by ANNE BRADSTREET THE SICKNESS by CHARLES BUKOWSKI THE SLAVE MOTHER by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER AUSPEX by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 22. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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