Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE IMAGE, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography First Line: When a wild grace I see Last Line: And sleep, o kindest one! Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Beauty; God | ||||||||
WHEN a wild grace I see, A turn o' the neck, a curl, sweet hands, clear eyes, Gentleness, courtesy, dignity; In all these gifts Thee I surmise, surprise. All beauty and delight: Skin like a rose, a beauteous shape, an air Free and enchanting, give my weary sight Glimpses of Thee, Thou Beauty past compare. Strength, courage also are Thine, And joy of youth and wings that cleave the blue, Low singing and soft voices: I divine In these Thy beauty ancient yet ever new. O, when my startled eye Perceives this beauty league-long, sea and isle And eagle-crested mountains wild and high, I catch Thy Maker's thoughtI see Thy smile. Some mirror out of range Flashes reflex of Heaven on this sweet earth, Brooding for ever, beautiful, without change, The bluebell sea, the thousand streams' soft mirth. All beauty is of Thee: Kindness and quietness, moon and stars and sun, Gardens and woods, the bird in the new-fledged tree, And sleep, O Kindest One! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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