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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MISTAKING, by STEFAN GEORGE Poet's Biography First Line: In mourning the apostle night and day Last Line: He had not seen: the lord had come and gone. | |||
In mourning the apostle night and day Lay on the hill whence Christ had entered Heaven: "Do you thus leave your faithful to despair? Has this your splendor blinded you to earth? Shall I not ever hear your voice again, And kiss your garment's hem and kiss your feet? I clamor for a sign · yet you are silent." Then there approached a stranger: "Brother speak! Upon your cheek there burns such agony That it will singe me if I cannot quench it." "Your comfort avails nothing .. leave the stricken! I seek my Lord who has forgotten me." The stranger vanished .. the apostle knelt With a wild cry · for by heaven's radiance Which hung about that place he was aware That through blind pain and all too fragile hope He had not seen: the Lord had come and gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DARK BURNED THE SUNSET by STEFAN GEORGE FROM OUT OF THE GLOW THE WRATH OF HEAVEN SPOKE: by STEFAN GEORGE STANZAS CONCERNING LOVE by STEFAN GEORGE THE LORD OF THE ISLE by STEFAN GEORGE THE SHEPHERD'S DAY by STEFAN GEORGE WHEN MY HOT LIPS by STEFAN GEORGE SONNET TO A FRIEND WHO ASKED, HOW I FELT ... MY INFANT TO ME by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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