Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOPE BENEATH THE WATERS, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot mount to heaven beneath this ban Last Line: Grow best from bruises, hope from anguish springs.' Subject(s): Hope; Optimism | ||||||||
'I cannot mount to heaven beneath this ban; Can Christian hope survive so far below The level of the happiness of man? Can angels' wings in these dark waters grow?' A spirit voice replied, 'From bearing right Our sorest burthens, comes fresh strength to bear; And so we rise again towards the light, And quit the sunless depths for upper air: Meek patience is as diver's breath to all Who sink in sorrow's sea, and many a ray Comes gleaming downward from the source of day, To guide us reascending from our fall; The rocks have bruised thee sore, but angels' wings Grow best from bruises, hope from anguish springs.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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