Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OBSERVATION (3), by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The virgin-mother stood at distance (there) Last Line: And then to weep they both were licensed. Subject(s): Bible; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology | ||||||||
The Virgin-Mother stood at distance (there) From her Sonnes Crosse, not shedding once a teare: Because the Law forbad to sit and crie For those, who did as malefactors die. So she, to keep her mighty woes in awe, Tortur'd her love, not to transgresse the Law. Observe we may, how Mary Joses then, And th' other Mary (Mary Magdalen) Sate by the Grave; and sadly sitting there, Shed for their Master many a bitter teare: But 't was not till their dearest Lord was dead; And then to weep they both were licensed. | 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 A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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