Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAGDALEN, by JAMES RYDER RANDALL Poet's Biography First Line: The hebrew girl, with flaming brow Last Line: From out a broken heart! Subject(s): Mary Magdalen; Women - Bible; Mary Magdalene | ||||||||
THE Hebrew girl, with flaming brow, The banner-blush of shame, Sinks at the sinless Saviour's knees And dares to breathe His name. From the full fountain of her eyes The lava-globes are roll'd They wash His feet; she spurns them off With her ringlet-scarf of gold. The Meek One feels the eloquence Of agonizing prayer, The burning tears, the suppliant face, The penitential hair; And when, to crown her brimming woe, The ointment box is riven "Rise, daughter, rise! Much hast thou loved, Be all thy sins forgiven!" Dear God! The prayers of good and pure, The canticles of light, Enrobe Thy throne with gorgeous skies, As incense in Thy sight; May the shivered vase of Magdalen Soothe many an outcast's smart, Teaching what fragrant pleas may spring From out a broken heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARY MAGDALENE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) AN ANNUAL OF THE DARK PHYSICS by NORMAN DUBIE MAGDALEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MAUDLIN; OR, THE MAGDALEN€™S TEARS by LINDA GREGERSON MARY MAGDALENE by GEORGE HERBERT LENT by WILLIAM ROBERT RODGERS SONNETS ON PICTURES: MARY MAGDALEN AT THE DOOR OF SIMON THE PHARISEE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI MARY MAGDALEN by BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA MAGDALEN by GEORGE KENYON ASHENDON JOHN PELHAM by JAMES RYDER RANDALL |
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