Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOD GIVE ME EYES, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY


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GOD GIVE ME EYES, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God give me seeing eyes
Last Line: God give me eyes to see it where it lies!
Subject(s): Beauty; Vision


GOD give me seeing eyes
For Beauty, where it lies!
Let me not miss it, though its form be new,
Nor fail to find it in a strange disguise;
Oh, let me see and know that it is true—
God give me seeing eyes
For Beauty, where it lies!

But let Pretense not wear
The mask of Beauty fair,
Nor steal my homage from her shrine away!
Let me see clearly and the Truth declare—
If I acclaim the false, my false pen stay!
Oh, let Pretense not wear
The mask of Beauty fair!

And, God, do not withhold
My eyes from Beauty old!
Let me still see the Light, eternal, true!
Let me that light still struggle to uphold,
Nor cast aside the old lamp for the new—
Dear God, do not withhold
My eyes from Beauty old!
The soul of me for Beauty ever cries—
God give me eyes to see it where it lies!





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