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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARITY, by ELIZABETH J. EAMES First Line: All stainless in the holy white Last Line: The olive branch, in holy beauty bending. | |||
ALL stainless in the holy white Of her broad mantle -- lo! the maiden cometh. Lip, cheek and brow serenely bright With that calm look of deep delight. Beautiful, -- on the mountain top she roameth. "The soft gray of the brooding dove" With melting radiance in her eye she weareth; Her heart is full of trust and love; For an angel mission from above, In tranquil beauty, o'er the earth she beareth. The music of Humanity Flows from her tuneful lips in sweetest numbers: Of all life's pleasant ministries -- Of universal harmonies -- She sings: no care her mind encumbers. Glad tidings doth she ever sound; Good will to man throughout the world is sending; Blessings and gifts she scatters round; Peace to her name, with whom is found The olive branch, in holy beauty bending. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE PICTURE OF A DEPARTED POETESS by ELIZABETH J. EAMES TREES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS FANCY IN NUBIBUS; OR, THE POET IN THE CLOUDS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE WAR IS KIND: 23 by STEPHEN CRANE QUATRAIN: FATE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE DREARY CHANGE by WALTER SCOTT WINTER FANTASY by ADELE BABBITT SONNET: AT MY WORD by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE CHILD'S GRAVE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE WESTERN ROAD by EDWIN JAMES BRADY AN EPITAPH ON SIR JOHN PROWDE, LIEUTENANT TO CHARLES MORGAN by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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