Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE STILLBORN IN HEAVEN, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP


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THE STILLBORN IN HEAVEN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the beautiful garden of paradise, where / the souls of the blessed go
Last Line: "with pangs and cries I was born last night, and died in my mother's bed!"
Subject(s): Heaven; Prayer; Paradise


IN the beautiful garden of paradise, where the souls of the blessèd go,
I saw in dream a multitude which wended to and fro,
And their mouths were filled with heavenly speech beyond all mortal phrase
As they walked where the crystal fount of life in gleaming column plays:
But One I saw who fared alone and bore a flame for his heart,
Like a stranger in a foreign land who lives and moves apart;
And yet the face of the radiant Soul was bright as a noonday sun,—
And I drew a-nigh to question it, the Lonely and Lovely One.
"Oh, wherefore, pray," I asked of It, "Do you not join yonder throng
Whom the healing touch of eternity has wakened into song?"
"I am neither of Heaven, nor, yet, of earth,"
The Shining Spirit said,
"With pangs and cries I was born last night, and died in my mother's bed!"





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