Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NUN, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She lies upon the cold stone of her cell Last Line: Hides in her heart an alien paradise? Subject(s): Nuns | ||||||||
She lies upon the cold stone of her cell, And the night deepens; and the night is chill. Fasting and faint, she nerves her flagging will, Remembering the inevitable hell. Yet still her lover's voice she hears too well, And "Love, Love, Love," she hears and answers still. The Christ looms high against an angry hill, Her heart and Love would roam a lowly dell. Fasting and faint she lies. The shepherd Night Leads the calm stars across his plains like sheep. Earth slumbers. When shall slumber seal her eyes, Who, crying with lamentations infinite, "Heaven, heaven!" yet, ineradicably deep, Hides in her heart an alien Paradise? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAR MEMORY: 2. SOMEONE INSIDE ME REMEMBERS by LUCILLE CLIFTON FAR MEMORY: 5. SINNERMAN by LUCILLE CLIFTON CLARE OF ASSISI by MADELINE DEFREES EXISTING LIGHT; FOR LEE NYE by MADELINE DEFREES GILBERT OF SEMPRINGHAM by MADELINE DEFREES GRANDMOTHER GRANT by MADELINE DEFREES HANGING THE BLUE NUNS; FOR WARREN CARRIER by MADELINE DEFREES IN THE MIDDLE OF PRIEST LAKE by MADELINE DEFREES PSALM FOR A NEW NUN by MADELINE DEFREES NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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