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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMBASSADRESS, by ELMIRA GROGAN
First Line: One that has not heard a voice in anger
Last Line: Haloes around the heads she touches.
Subject(s): Death; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Voices; Dead, The
First Line: One that has not heard a voice in anger
Last Line: Haloes around the heads she touches.
Subject(s): Death; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Voices; Dead, The
One that has not heard a voice in anger,
Nor feared the pallor of death,
Nor seen the loss of innocence,
Can hear a lark's wing-feather sing,
Can chant the pulse of cherubim,
And, with her enlightened fingers, feel
Haloes around the heads she touches.
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