Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HELEN KELLER, by BLANCHE SHOEMAKER WAGSTAFF


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HELEN KELLER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is the strength of ages in her face
Last Line: Yet walking always in her maker's sight.
Alternate Author Name(s): Carr, Mrs. Donald
Subject(s): Beauty; Faces; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Life


There is the strength of ages in her face,
A dignity of Alexander's day,
A wisdom which is deathless. She can say
All loveliness in silence, and God's grace
Has touched her spirit with its beauteous trace;
And there is sunlight in her gentle way,
For she is part of an eternal May --
Beauty and love are her allotted place.

She asks of life but little, yet she gives
Greatly of goodness and humility --
Going her way unmindful of the night,
Filling the hours with beauty ... So she lives
Forever gazing on a starless sea,
Yet walking always in her Maker's sight.





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