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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY FATHER - BLIND, by MILTON SAWYER ROSE First Line: A stroke of darkness cuts thy life in twain Last Line: Holds thy confiding hand and leads thee on. Subject(s): Blindness; Visually Handicapped | |||
A stroke of darkness cuts thy life in twain And stains with chaos all thy nights and days; It walls with emptiness thy earthly ways; It drops thy past, like a dumb, spacious pain, About thy spirit; though man may not attain Serener retrospect, nor calmer gaze Where deed and consequence together praise Hours that have been and shall not be again. Thine eyes behold the rains of long ago Greening the pastures where a boy's swift flight Stayed the cloud's shadow; or, of labor done, Review the steady winning, even to know That she who woke thy manhood and thy might Holds thy confiding hand and leads thee on. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLIND POET by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL THE BLIND SHEEP by RANDALL JARRELL THE BLIND by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BLIND DOG OF VENICE by RON PADGETT BATTLE AFTER WAR by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BOARDING: 5. THE DADAR SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND by REETIKA VAZIRANI ANIMAL DISPUTANS by MILTON SAWYER ROSE |
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