Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYMN: INNOCENTS' DAY, by REGINALD HEBER Poet's Biography First Line: Oh weep not o'er thy children's tomb! Last Line: The flower in heaven shall blow! Subject(s): Children; Innocence; Rachel (bible); Women In The Bible; Childhood | ||||||||
OH weep not o'er thy children's tomb! O Rachel, weep not so; The bud is cropt by martyrdom, The flower in heaven shall blow! Firstlings of faith! the murderer's knife Has miss'd its deadliest aim: The God for whom they gave their life, For them to suffer came! Though feeble were their days and few, Baptized in blood and pain, He knows them, whom they never knew, And they shall live again. Then weep not o'er thy children's tomb; O Rachel, weep not so! The bud is cropt by martyrdom, The flower in heaven shall blow! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE EVENING HYMN by REGINALD HEBER |
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