Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLIND GIRL, by NATHALIA CRANE First Line: In the darkness, who would answer for the color of a rose Last Line: If the odor of the roses and the better things were there. Subject(s): Blindness; Visually Handicapped | ||||||||
IN the darkness, who would answer for the color of a rose, Or the vestments of the May moth and the pilgrimage it goes? In the darkness who would answer, in the darkness who would care, If the odor of the roses and the winged things were there. In the darkness who would cavil o'er the question of a line, Since the darkness holds all loveliness, beyond the mere design. Oh night, thy soothing prophecies companion all our ways, Until releasing hands let fall the catalogue of days. In the darkness, who would answer for the color of a rose, Or the vestments of the May moth and the pilgrimage it goes? In the darkness who would answer, in the darkness who would care, If the odor of the roses and the better things were there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLIND POET by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL THE BLIND SHEEP by RANDALL JARRELL THE BLIND by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BLIND DOG OF VENICE by RON PADGETT BATTLE AFTER WAR by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BOARDING: 5. THE DADAR SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND by REETIKA VAZIRANI |
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