Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DAY NURSE, by JULIA GRACE WALES First Line: Freshness of morning in the air that flows Last Line: Did lowly service unto human kind? Subject(s): Nurses | ||||||||
Freshness of morning in the air that flows Across the cots when you have moved the screens; Freshness of morning in the slender rose You're bringing from the door, The sunny daffodils and dewy greens In those tall vases waiting on the floor. Freshness of morning in the light that falls With splendor on unpictured walls, With splendor on unpictured walls, On rod and knob and glasses dancing, And in the basin glimmering and glancing. Freshness of morning in your friendly eyes, Your merry, wise, Authoritative air, The starched and glossy flare Of bib, cap, cuff, hem, apron strings. You bring us in this narrow place Youth, vitality, and grace, And thirstily we drain That precious cordial to relieve our pain. Priestess of common things, Like bath and breakfast, to the senses lent, Whence is this power to transubstantiate And of such elements create Beauty's fair sacrament. As in the light you stand, The towel and basin in your hand, Why should I think of One who long ago Took towel and basin so, And with a quiet mind, Did lowly service unto human kind? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE MALICE OF INNOCENCE by DENISE LEVERTOV ROUEN; 26 APRIL - 25 MAY 1915 by MAY WEDDERBURN CANNAN THE BOOK OF GOD by THEODORE DEPPE IN HOSPITAL: 10. STAFF NURSE: NEW STYLE by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY A TERRIBLE INFANT by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON THE WOUND-DRESSER by WALT WHITMAN EDITH CAVELL by LAURENCE BINYON LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF EOGHAN RUADH (OWEN ROE) O'NEIL by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS |
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