Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ANNUNCIATION, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: God whispered and a silence fell; the world Last Line: Upon its first sweet day of blossoming. Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): God; Heaven; Spring; Paradise | ||||||||
GOD whispered and a silence fell; the world Poised one expectant moment like a soul Who sees at Heaven's threshold the unfurled White wings of cherubim, the sea impearled, And pauses, dazed, to comprehend the whole; Only across all space God's whisper came And burned about her heart like some white flame. Then suddenly a bird's note thrilled the peace, And earth again jarred noisily to life, With a great murmur as of many seas. But Mary sat with hands clasped on her knees, And lifted eyes with all amazement rife, And in her heart the rapture of the Spring Upon its first sweet day of blossoming. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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