Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GOSPEL WOMEN: 2. THE WOMAN THAT LIFTED UP HER VOICE, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Filled with his words of truth and right Last Line: We hear no more of her. Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Women | ||||||||
FILLED with his words of truth and right, Her heart will break or cry: A woman's cry bursts forth in might Of loving agony. "Blessed the womb, thee, Lord, that bare! The bosom that thee fed!" A moment's silence filled the air, All heard the words she said. He turns his face: he knows the cry, The fountain whence it springs A woman's heart that glad would die For woman's best of things. Good thoughts, though laggard in the rear, He never quenched or chode: "Yea, rather, blessed they that hear And keep the word of God!" He would uplift her, not rebuke. The crowd began to stir. We miss how she the answer took; We hear no more of her. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV 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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