Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: PALE DAUGHTER OF THE NIGHT, by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh thou most beautiful and meek-eyed virgin Last Line: For innocence and mercy are twin-born! Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, Isaac Subject(s): Innocence; Mercy | ||||||||
OH thou most beautiful and meek-eyed virgin, Pale daughter of the night, how tempest tost And wildered in these thickening clouds thou art, Yet smiling ever with so sweet a face Of love around thee, that in truth, methinks, Even at these clouds thou canst not take offence, Knowing thy glory and majestic form Cannot be sullied; and the innocent, Even like to thee, with undiminished beam, Burst through the clouds of envious calumny To shame the tongues, and give the lie to thoughts Having no saintlike charity! Oh, yes, like thee, Thus shine on darkness with forgiving look, For Innocence and Mercy are twin-born! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MERCY SEAT by NORMAN DUBIE MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODO by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE VILLON'S EPITAPH by FRANCOIS VILLON UNDER THE VULTURE-TREE by DAVID BOTTOMS THE FORLORN ONE by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM MERCY PLEADS by LUCRETIA STOUT BELLOWS JEANIE MORRISON by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL |
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