Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SISTER SAINT LUKE, by JOHN MILTON HAY


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SISTER SAINT LUKE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She lived shut in by flowers and trees
Last Line: The peace of god that filled her eyes.
Subject(s): Nuns


SHE lived shut in by flowers and trees
And shade of gentle bigotries.
On this side lay the trackless sea,
On that the great world's mystery;
But all unseen and all unguessed
They could not break upon her rest.
The world's far splendors gleamed and flashed,
Afar the wild seas foamed and dashed;
But in her small, dull Paradise,
Safe housed from rapture or surprise,
Nor day nor night had power to fright
The peace of God that filled her eyes.





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