Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHYSICAL AND MORAL BLINDNESS, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The child whose eyes were never blest Last Line: Feeling the childly life beyond. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Blindness; Middle East; Visually Handicapped; Near East; Levant | ||||||||
THE child whose eyes were never blest With heavenly light, or lost it soon, About another's neck will rest Its arm, and walk like you at noon; The blind old man will place his palm Upon a child's fresh-blooming head, And follow through the croud in calm That infantine and trusty tread. We, too, that in our spirits dark Traverse a wild and weary way, May in these sweet resources mark A lesson, and be safe as they: Resting, when young, in happy faith On fair affection's daily bond, And afterwards resigned to death, Feeling the childly life beyond. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRINCE ADEB by GEORGE HENRY BOKER TIMOUR'S COUNCILS by REGINALD HEBER ATTRACTIONS OF THE EAST by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE KIOSK: 1 by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES THE THINKER AND THE POET by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES THE CARAVAN by CLINTON SCOLLARD THE MINSTREL by CLINTON SCOLLARD COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES FROM THE IONIAN ISLANDS by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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