Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AGAINST THE GATE OF LIFE, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES First Line: As mute against the gate of life you sit Last Line: A miracle to men! Subject(s): Fate; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Life; Memory; Destiny | ||||||||
As mute against the gate of life you sit, Longing to open it, Full oft you must behold, in thought, a maid With banner white, whose lilies do not fade, And armor glory lit. Across the years, darkling, you still must see, In the hush of memory, Her whom no wrong of Fate could make afraid -- Of all the maidens of the world, The Maid! -- In her brave purity. For she, like you, was singly set apart, O high and lonely heart! -- And harkened Voices, silent save to her, And looked on Visions she might not transfer By my loving art, -- Knew the dread chill of isolation, when Life darkened to her ken; Yet could not know, as round her closed the night, How radiant and far would shine her light, -- A miracle to men! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DAVID IGNATOW'S QUESTION by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WE COME BACK by KENNETH REXROTH THE WAKING (2) by THEODORE ROETHKE A NARROW WINDOW by FLORENCE EARLE COATES |
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