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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNNAMED WOMEN: 1, by ELIZABETH RUNDELL CHARLES First Line: The hand that might have drawn aside Last Line: And consecrated by his smile. | |||
The hand that might have drawn aside The veil, which from unloving sight Those shrinking forms avails to hide, With tender care has wrapped it tight. He would not have the sullied name Once fondly spoken in a home, A mark for strangers' righteous blame, Branded through every age to come. And thus we only speak of them As those on whom His mercies meet, -- 'She whom the Lord would not condemn,' And 'She who bathed with tears His feet.' Trusted to no evangelist, First heard where sins no more defile, Read from the Book of Life by Christ, And consecrated by His smile. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAFFODILS by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE THE SWAMP FOX by WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS WHITE MOMENTS by KATHARINE LEE BATES EXOTIC PERFUME by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE THE RING AND THE BOOK: BOOK 2. HALF-ROME by ROBERT BROWNING THE FAREWELL. TO THE BRETHREN OF ST. JAMES'S LODGE, TARBOLTON by ROBERT BURNS HIS SONG FOR HER WAKING by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR TO THE WORLD by THOMAS CAMPION THE LIGHTKEEPER by HENRY CHAPPELL SONNETS ON EMINENT CHARACTERS: 11. TO RICHARD SHERIDAN by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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