Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRATERNITY, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography First Line: One day, I saw an unknown woman stand Last Line: You think me pity ... Justice is my name. Subject(s): Angels; Justice; Mankind; Women & Religion; Worship; Human Race | ||||||||
One day, I saw an unknown woman stand. She seemed to have descended from the skies; Wings graced her back, and heaven was in her eyes, Honey her mouth; and with a gentle hand The tired voyager, the drooping head, She guided to a pathway through life's shade. The human race with her was unafraid; She seemed to whisper: "Ye have been misled." Behind her awful monsters I could see, Quiet; Nero, in tears. At times She was so good she witless seemed to be. I bowed in worship, as at service chimes. ... She read my thought, and smiled me unto shame: You think me PITY ... JUSTICE is my name. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW MUCH EARTH by PHILIP LEVINE THE SHEEP IN THE RUINS by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE CONQUERORS by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE MARMOZET by HILAIRE BELLOC MEN, WOMEN, AND EARTH by ROBERT BLY BROTHERS: 3. AS FOR MYSELF by LUCILLE CLIFTON A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851 by VICTOR MARIE HUGO |
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