Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAGDALEN, by HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD Poet's Biography First Line: If any woman of us all Last Line: Could we but also claim that deed! Subject(s): Mary Magdalen; Women - Bible; Mary Magdalene | ||||||||
If any woman of us all, If any woman of the street, Before the Lord should pause and fall, And with her long hair wipe his feet; He, whom with yearning hearts we love, And fain would see with human eyes Around our living pathway move, And underneath our daily skies; The Maker of the heavens and earth, The Lord of life, the Lord of death, In whom the universe had birth But breathing of our breath one breath! - If any woman of the street Should kneel, and with the lifted mesh Of her long tresses wipe his feet, And with her kisses kiss their flesh, - How round that woman would we throng! How willingly would clasp her hands, Fresh from that touch divine, and long To gather up the twice-blest strands! How eagerly with her would change Our trivial innocence, nor heed Her shameful memories and strange, Could we but also claim that deed! | 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 MUSIC IN THE NIGHT by HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD |
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