Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY WHITE-CAPPED NURSE, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY First Line: Day by day, with unconscious grace Last Line: And I inhale the fragrance there. Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Prayer; Dead, The; Paradise | ||||||||
Day by day, with unconscious grace, You come and go, my white-capped nurse; As light your step, as bright your face If woes or blessings I rehearse. Strange to your kindred, far from home, And meeting with unquickened breath Man's final foe, you have become Familiar with the face of Death. When, in the spacious void of night, He came and paused beside my bed Once and again, and seared my sight, You held my hand until he fled. Now, as I leave this sacred room And you, I breathe a farewell prayer That Heaven may bring you fadeless bloom And I inhale the fragrance there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX THE OLD CHURCH ON THE HILL by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY |
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