Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GIFT, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY Poet's Biography First Line: What can I give, o well-beloved, to thee Last Line: The right to go on giving for all time. | ||||||||
WHAT can I give, O well-beloved, to thee, Whose clear, firm knock at my heart's door I heard; I, reading o'er my life's old pages, blurred Where bitter tears had fallen fast and free? For thou didst enter in and comfort me Whose soul was passion-tost and tempest-stirred, Till I grew patient as a brooding bird, And rest came down upon me, verily. What can I give thee for a guerdon meet? The utter depths and heights of love's sublime I cannot fathom, dear, I cannot climb, For sacred things to lay before thy feet: I kneel thy suppliant, and I give thee, Sweet, The right to go on giving for all time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CERTAIN CREDITOR by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY ACTS: 1. AT MORNING by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY ACTS: 2. AT NOON by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY ACTS: 3. AT NIGHT by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY AFTER OUR LADY'S PRESENTATION by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY AFTERMATH by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY AMAIRGEN by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY AN ACT OF FAITH by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY AN OFFERING by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY AUBADE by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY |
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