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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AVE MARIA, by MAY MCKEE
First Line: The sorrows of the years
Last Line: A reminiscent martyr cast in burning brass.
Subject(s): Martyrs
First Line: The sorrows of the years
Last Line: A reminiscent martyr cast in burning brass.
Subject(s): Martyrs
The sorrows of the years
Sat in her eyes and smiled.
Her wise, red mouth
Remembered tears.
Blue shadows slid along her fair
White face—
Ran burning through her jet-drenched hair.
She gazed, a weary-eyed Madonna,
From stained glass—
A reminiscent martyr cast in burning brass.
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