Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOPE, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are not children of a guilty sire Last Line: We shall mount up to eden's long-lost gate. Subject(s): Hope; Optimism | ||||||||
WE are not children of a guilty sire, Since Noe stepp'd from out his wave-toss'd home, And a stern baptism flush'd earth's faded bloom. Not that the heavens then clear'd, or cherub's fire From Eden's portal did at once retire; But thoughts were stirr'd of Him who was to come, Whose rainbow hues so streak'd the o'ershadowing gloom, That faith could e'en that desolate scene admire. The Lord has come and gone; and now we wait The second substance of the deluge type, When our slight ark shall cross a molten surge; So, while the gross earth melts, for judgment ripe, Ne'er with its haughty turrets to emerge, We shall mount up to Eden's long-lost gate. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON |
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