Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SISTER OF MERCY, by MARCUS S. C. RICKARDS


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THE SISTER OF MERCY, by                    
First Line: She has shone, as glows dawn's fairest blush
Last Line: Fond memory will cherish.
Subject(s): Grief; Heaven; Memory; Sorrow; Sadness; Paradise


SHE has shone, as glows Dawn's fairest blush,
On the Night of my sorrow:
She has gone as goes Eve's rarest flush
That scarce hints a bright morrow.
And behind her remains a bequest
Like a June day's spent story,
The reminder of pains that she blest
With bright Noon rays of glory.

Low tones came like Music's rare spell
To soothe sad emotion,
No moans from light zephyr e'er fell
More smooth on mad Ocean:
Then a rush of meet words filled my breast
For a time with strange yearning,
Like the gush of sweet birds who to rest
With soft chime are returning.

Pain and anguish I woo if they send her
In light so Elysian,
Fain I'd languish anew to engender
New sight of the vision!
Each look, if revived nevermore,
Each tone if it perish,
In the book where is hived a sweet store
Fond Memory will cherish.





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