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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNCONQUERED, by ROSE GOULD CLARK First Line: I did not know if stalwart courage you possessed Last Line: Your soul, in victory, sounds faith's triumphant note. Subject(s): Courage; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Valor; Bravery | |||
I did not know if stalwart courage you possessed. You gaily danced o'er paths with sun-lit petals strewn. Love's fingers, -- magic -- soft -- your trusting heart caressed, And this world bloomed for you, -- a garden bright in June. Fair fame adorned your brow; -- wealth added golden pleasure; Kind Fates brought precious gifts to you, in generous mood. You laughed in tune to sheer frivolity's light measure, -- Nor dreamed that storm clouds gather, -- swift and sombre-hued. Fame died. Wealth fled. Misfortune's grief-edged saber pressed. Your weary feet trod, bleeding, down disillusion's road. And faithless love tore out the heart from your poor breast, -- To leave a wilderness, where once Romance abode. Your heart rebounds above disaster's dead debris; No cry of cowardly defeat rose from your throat. With eyes and spirit high, -- life's master e'er to be, -- Your soul, in victory, sounds Faith's triumphant note. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNLESS IT WAS COURAGE by MARVIN BELL THE QUALITY OF COURAGE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ON THE OREGON COAST; FOR WILLIAM STAFFORD by ROBERT BLY WORDS WITH WALLACE STEVENS by ROBERT BLY BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE A SONG OF COURAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE AUDACIOUS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON OH, THE WATER by DORIANNE LAUX THE COTTON CLUB by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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