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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLIND, by ISRAEL ZANGWILL Poet's Biography First Line: Laughing, the blind boys Last Line: Of an apocalypse? Subject(s): Blindness; Consolation; Visually Handicapped | |||
Laughing, the blind boys Run 'round their college lawn, Playing such games of buff Over its dappled grass! See the blind frolicsome Girls in blue pinafores, Turning their skipping ropes! How full and rich a world Theirs to inhabit is! Sweet scent of grass and bloom, Playmates' glad symphony. Cool touch of western wind, Sunshine's divine caress. How should they know or feel They are in darkness? But - O the miracle! If a Redeemer came, Laid fingers on their eyes -- One touch -- and what a world New born in loveliness! Spaces of green and sky, Hulls of white cloud adrift, Ivy-grown college walls, Shining loved faces! What a dark world -- who knows? Ours to inhabit is! One touch, and what a strange Glory might burst on us! What a hid universe! Do we sport carelessly, Blindly, upon the verge Of an Apocalypse? | 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 A POLITICAL CHARACTER by ISRAEL ZANGWILL |
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