Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FACES, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE First Line: There are two pictures hanging on my wall Last Line: And mary maiden gray the mother of me! Subject(s): Creative Ability; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Religion; Women; Women In The Bible; Inspiration; Creativity; Virgin Mary; Theology | ||||||||
THERE are two pictures hanging on my wall: One is the Woman of Dagnan-Bouveret Mary Madonna, with sad, dark eyes that say Hidden and holy things, her peasant shawl Folding her babe and breast; the other, call "My Mother in Old Age," gracious and gray, Hers is a lonely sleeping, long leagues away, Nor can she hear her son's prayers passional. But sometimes the two faces dim and blur, The darks and deeps are mingled, the lights turn Trembling toward one another, and I see Then, as with subtler vision, the eyes of her, My mother, from the Virgin's aureole yearn, And Mary Maiden gray the mother of me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE |
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