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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAINTE CHAPELLE, by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY First Line: Sainte chapelle holds a garden within its walls Last Line: Only the windows remain divinely splendid. Subject(s): Saints; Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint | |||
Sainte Chapelle holds a garden within its walls, A garden that blossoms only when the sun Sends its light through figured, stained glass windows. Then roses bloom, fresh as Sainte Therese's Gift from God. Grave lilies grace the tombs Of sleeping saints, marigolds weave a golden Maze among the choir stalls, the virgin Blue of violets cluster round The base of capitals and butterflies Flutter timorously in luminous rays Of light. The curtain falls, the garden is ended, Only the windows remain divinely splendid. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A HYMN [TO THE NAME AND] IN HONOR OF SAINT TERESA by RICHARD CRASHAW THE FLAMING HEART by RICHARD CRASHAW APOLOGIE FOR THE HYMNE IN MEMORY OF LADY MADRE DE TERESA (2) by RICHARD CRASHAW ST. THERESA AND THE CHILD by JOHN BANISTER TABB CABIN AT TARLETON by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY LAKE MOODS by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY SAINT NAZAIRE by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY WHITE BIRCHES by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY |
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