Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BIRTH, by SULAMITH ISH-KISHOR Poet's Biography First Line: Oh god who built this body round my heart Last Line: And shook me forth, a grain of mortal sand! Subject(s): Birth; Bodies; Creation; Mankind; Child Birth; Midwifery; Human Race | ||||||||
OH God who built this body round my heart, And walled me in with bosom and with brow, To keep my passion from my power apart, To keep my soul from more than brain may know, Who limited my sight to two small spheres, My touch to only what my hands can feel, My hearing to the compass of two ears, And my essential soul with earthly seal Stamped and made manifestOh God, in thee When once I lived, no tremors shook my feet; When I was one same power with storm and sea There was no strength could from my spirit beat The presidence of calm!Thou didst command And shook me forth, a grain of mortal sand! | 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 |
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