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MARY MAGDALENE AT THE SEPULCHRE by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS

Poet Analysis

First Line: WEEPER! TO THEE HOW BRIGHT A MORN WAS GIVEN
Last Line: AWED BY THE MIGHTY GIFT THY TEARS AND LOVE HAD WON!
Subject(s): MARY MAGDALEN; WOMEN IN THE BIBLE; MARY MAGDALENE;

WEEPER! to thee how bright a morn was given
After thy long, long vigil of despair,
When that high voice which burial-rocks had riven
Thrilled with immortal tones the silent air!
Never did clarion's royal blast declare
Such tale of victory to a breathless crowd,
As the deep sweetness of @3one@1 word could bear
Into thy heart of hearts, O woman! bowed
By strong affection's anguish! one low word --
"@3Mary!@1" and all the triumph wrung from death
Was thus revealed; and thou, that so hadst erred,
So wept, and been forgiven, in trembling faith
Didst cast thee down before the all-conquering Son,
Awed by the mighty gift thy tears and love had won!



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