Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ORGAN SONGS: DORCAS, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I might guess, then guess I would Last Line: And showed the coats she made. Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Dorcas (bible); Women - Bible | ||||||||
IF I might guess, then guess I would That, mid the gathered folk, This gentle Dorcas one day stood, And heard when Jesus spoke. She saw the woven seamless coat -- Half envious, for his sake: "Oh, happy hands," she said, "that wrought The honoured thing to make!" Her eyes with longing tears grow dim: She never can come nigh To work one service poor for him For whom she glad would die! But, hark, he speaks! O, precious word! And she has heard indeed! "When did we see thee naked, Lord And clothed thee in thy need? "The King shall answer, Inasmuch As to my brethren ye Did it -- even to the least of such -- Ye did it unto me." Home, home she went, and plied the loom, And Jesus' poor arrayed. She died -- they wept about the room, And showed the coats she made. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REVAMPING THE VIRGIN by KAREN SWENSON WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL HESTER PRYNNE? by KAREN SWENSON BALLAD MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HIS MOTHER .. PRAY TO OUR LADY by FRANCOIS VILLON BALLADE MADE FOR HIS MOTHER THAT SHE MIGHTE PRAYE by FRANCOIS VILLON HIS MOTHER'S SERVICE TO OUR LADY by FRANCOIS VILLON THE CHILD JESUS TO MARY THE ROSE by JOHN LYDGATE ORGAN SONGS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL by GEORGE MACDONALD ORGAN SONGS: MARRIAGE SONG by GEORGE MACDONALD LOST AND FOUND by GEORGE MACDONALD THAT HOLY THING by GEORGE MACDONALD THE BABY, FR. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND by GEORGE MACDONALD |
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