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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWICE SMITTEN, by PHOEBE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O doubly-bowed and bruised reed Last Line: Thou art of his beloved now! Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
O DOUBLY-BOWED and bruised reed, What can I offer in thy need? O heart, twice broken with its grief, What words of mine can bring relief? O soul, o'erwhelmed with woe again, How can I soothe thy bitter pain? Abashed and still, I stand and see Thy sorrow's awful majesty. Only dumb silence may convey That which my lip can never say. I cannot comfort thee at all; On the Great Comforter I call; Praying that He may make thee see How near He hath been drawn to thee. For unto man the angel guest Still comes through gates of suffering best; And most our Heavenly Father cares For whom He smites, not whom He spares. So, to his chastening meekly bow, Thou art of his beloved now! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND by PHOEBE CARY |
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