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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HAIR CLOTH, by MARTHA HALE SHACKFORD
First Line: I wear no hair cloth next my flesh
Last Line: Who with the saints belong.
Subject(s): Wellesley College
First Line: I wear no hair cloth next my flesh
Last Line: Who with the saints belong.
Subject(s): Wellesley College
I WEAR no hair cloth next my flesh,
I do not need it there:
I say no penitential psalms,
Nor bend my knees in prayer.
The scourge that stings me with its lash
Is measureless and strong:
It is my distance from their lives
Who with the saints belong.
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