Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LONELINESS, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography First Line: He who had all else heaven and earth Last Line: For loneliness, for loneliness. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Fathers; God; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Solitude; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary; Loneliness | ||||||||
HE who had all else Heaven and earth Could give Him, till His human Birth He had no mother though He had His Father's love, secure and glad; Yet He made mothers for delight Of the small babes in the cold night. He saw how well His hand had made Her bosom for the baby's head, How tender are her arms to fold The shivering thing in a soft hold, And how her voice goes hush-a-loo, Rocking the cradle to and fro. He has had all these for content. For three-and-thirty years has leant On a fond heart that fails Him not. He is in the fiery chariot: The clouds have ta'en Him and the wind. But His sweet Mother's left behind! What's wrong with Heaven? His Father's there, The brooding Dove's aloft in air, Heaven's as it was, serene, unflawed. For the first time the Heart of God, Lately made Man, hath little ease, For loneliness, for loneliness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES |
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