Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRODIGAL, by ELLEN GILBERT First Line: Like a bird that trails a broken wing Last Line: And hide me from the past. Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
Like a bird that trails a broken wing, I have come home to Thee; Home from a flight and freedom That was never meant for me. And I, who have known far spaces, And the fierce heat of the sun, Ask only the shelter of Thy wings, Now that the day is done. Like a bird that trails a broken wing, I have come home, at last. . . . O hold me to Thy Heart once more, And hide me from the past. | 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 |
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