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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HAGAR, by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lone in the wilderness, her child and she Last Line: To cheer the outcast in the desert bare. Alternate Author Name(s): Coleridge, Hartley Subject(s): Bible; Hagar; Jews; Judaism | |||
LONE in the wilderness, her child and she, Sits the dark beauty, and her fierce-eyed boy. A heavy burden and no winsome toy To such as she, a hanging babe must be. A slave without a masterwild, nor free, With anger in her heart! and in her face Shame for foul wrong and undeserved disgrace, Poor Hagar mourns her lost virginity! Poor woman fear notGod is everywhere; The silent tears, thy thirsty infant's moan, Are known to Him whose never-absent care Still wakes to make all hearts and souls his own; He sends an angel from beneath his throne To cheer the outcast in the desert bare. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL ON WORDSWORTH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE |
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