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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRIEST'S PRAYER, by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON First Line: Over the dim confessional cried Last Line: "kiss me, jessica! Once for all." | |||
OVER the dim confessional cried Father Amatus, -- cloistered young, -- Dropping his rosary by his side, Careless where his crucifix swung: "I have been priest since -- an endless when ! Sat by the living, consoled the dead, Fasted and prayed for women and men, Fed the poor with my daily bread. "The wind blows cold, -- how the snowflakes creep! I will sin one sin, ere past recall, Lest life should faint in this pallid sleep: Kiss me, Jessica! Once for all." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HEAVEN by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON HER MUSIC by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON REALITY by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON SEPARATION by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON UNANSWERED by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON THE DAFT DAYS by ROBERT FERGUSSON TO THE RIVER CHARLES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW GRIEF WAS SENT THEE FOR THY GOOD by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY MALEFACTORS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE EVICTION by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT LES BARICADES MISTERIEUSES (AFTER FRANCOIS COUPERIN) by GORDON BOTTOMLEY A COMMENT ON THE SCRIPTURE: 'IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD', JOHN, I,1 by JOHN BYROM |
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