Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANGELS, by ELIZABETH OAKES PRINCE SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: With downy pinion they enfold Last Line: Where much has been forgiven. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Seba (e. Oakes), Mrs.; Oakes-smith, Elizabeth Subject(s): Angels | ||||||||
WITH downy pinion they enfold The heart surcharged with woe, And fan with balmy wing the eye, Whence floods of sorrow flow; They bear in golden censers up That sacred gift, a tear, By which is register'd the griefs Hearts may have suffer'd here. No inward pang, no yearning love Is lost to human hearts; No anguish that the spirit feels When bright-wing'd hope departs: Though in the mystery of life Discordant powers prevail, That life itself be weariness, And sympathy may fail; Yet all becomes a discipline To lure us to the sky; And angels bear the good it brings With fostering care on high. Though others, weary at the watch, May sink to toil-spent sleep, And we are left in solitude And agony to weep -- Yet THEY with ministering zeal The cup of healing bring, And bear our love and gratitude Away on heavenly wing. And thus the inner life is wrought, The blending earth and heaven -- The love more earnest in its glow, Where much has been forgiven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MINISTERING ANGELS by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG ST. PETER AND THE ANGEL by DENISE LEVERTOV SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL FOUNTAIN IN AVIGNON by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE FEATHER AT BREENDONCK by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BROTHERS: 3. AS FOR MYSELF by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE BIRTH ANGELS by STEPHEN DOBYNS AN INCIDENT by ELIZABETH OAKES PRINCE SMITH |
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