Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NARROW WAY, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR First Line: At sunset the young monk leaned from the wall Last Line: "go pray, father -- go pray." Subject(s): Desire; Monks; Sin | ||||||||
AT sunset the young monk leaned from the wall To greet the fisher girl who passed below. She answered gay "Good even" to his call, But then he sighed, "Sunset or sunrise glow "Are both alike to me; ah, what of good "For one so sad, holds either night or day?" "'Tis twilight in the shadow of your hood -- "Go pray, Father -- go pray!" "MY soul is famished for the simple joys "Free to mankind -- why not, alas, to me? "The throbbing outer world's insistent noise "Allures me like a magic melody. "With wistfulness that warms to something fonder "I hear the village children at their play." "Their clamour could not reach the chapel yonder -- "Go pray, Father -- go pray." "YOU are so sweet -- Madonna's eyes are cold -- "Madonna's lips have never learned your grace. "Ah, smile again that I may grow more bold! "Why, hand in hand, should we not flee this place "Of gnawing discontent and barren sorrow?" "Nay, Father, that's a deadly sin, they say -- "Beside. . . . Uguccio takes me home tomorrow! "Go pray, Father -- go pray." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN STREAMS OF NEVIS by GALWAY KINNELL CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BROTHERS: 4. IN MY OWN DEFENSE by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL APPELLATE JURISDICTION by MARIANNE MOORE A LYNMOUTH WIDOW by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |
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