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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHUT-IN, by NELLIE DE HEARN First Line: She lives a prisoner within Last Line: For things we are too blind to see. | |||
She lives a prisoner within The four bare walls of her poor room. In the bright world she walks no more, Yet cheerfully accepts her doom. And holds that Life is very sweet, As eagerly she looks and sees The golden sunlight daily creep Into her room, and with it weaves Fantastic dreams of rosy hue; Delightful things -- in which she sees The sparkling earth bedecked with dew -- Green hills and vales and stately trees. She lives a prisoner -- and yet, She gets more out of life than we Who walk bowed down with care -- and fret For things we are too blind to see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOOKS AND EYES by KAREN SWENSON THE LITANY [TO THE HOLY SPIRIT] by ROBERT HERRICK ONCE WITH DEATH NEAR by REBA MAXWELL AVERY LINES TO BE SPOKEN BY THOMAS DENMAN.....WHEN FOUR YEARS OLD by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD VERSES ON SEEING IN AN ALBUM A SKETCH OF AN OLD GATEWAY by BERNARD BARTON COSMIC BLESSINGS by SISTER BENEDICTION PSALM 81 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ON READING THAT THE REBUILDING OF YPRES APPROACHED COMPLETION by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 38 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |
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