Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE STAR OF GOD'S MALISON, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP


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THE STAR OF GOD'S MALISON, by                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Hanging leprous and white in the wide / universe
Last Line: Along the dread hush of a desolate land.
Subject(s): Desolation; Leprosy; Religion; Lepers; Theology


HANGING leprous and white in the wide universe
Was a star done to death by the hand of God's curse.
Each mount was an island suspended in air,
And petrified hurricanes hung here and there
In impotent menace; whole forests inclined
Were frozen one way by a visible wind;
Like death-shrouded lava the face of the Deep
Paused in green convolutions, in masses did stand
Along the dread hush of a desolate land.





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