Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MADONNA, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN


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First Line: Bare was the breast that cradled christ
Last Line: Like starlight on the dead.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Crowns


BARE was the breast that cradled Christ,
Pierced for the great world's sake;
She said: "If men forsake not sin,
This wounded heart must break."

Then down from Heaven a golden light
In robes of music fell;
A voice cried: "Thou art Queen of Heaven,
But I am King of Hell."

Seven silver flames her crown enclosed;
Their pallid lights were shed
Upon her face, to God upturned,
Like starlight on the dead.





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