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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRIEST OF HUMANITY, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE First Line: Of sorrows bitter-strange is wove his fate Last Line: More bitter is the grief that eats his heart! Subject(s): Grief; Humanity; Jesus Christ; Pain; Sorrow; Sadness; Suffering; Misery | |||
OF SORROWS bitter-strange is wove his fate: A mother weeping for her infant dead; A father crying curses on the head Of his wild son thrust forth degenerate; The love that flamed, and faded to dull hate, Of a wed pair that fain would be unwed; A mind destroyed by the dark things it said;— With these old woes his life is penetrate. Yet for each alien anguish does he mourn,— A sad compassion in his deepening eyes,— Counsels, consoles, reveals "the better part;" How great soever be the burden borne, (Ah! this the secret of his ministries) More bitter is the grief that eats his heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE |
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