English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. The Annunciation. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер)

The Annunciation

(For Helen Parry Eden)

”Hail Mary, full of grace,” the Angel saith.
Our Lady bows her head, and is ashamed;
She has a Bridegroom Who may not be named,
Her mortal flesh bears Him Who conquers death.
Now in the dust her spirit grovelleth;
Too bright a Sun before her eyes has flamed,
Too fair a herald joy too high proclaimed,
And human lips have trembled in God’s breath.
O Mother-Maid, thou art ashamed to cover
With thy white self, whereon no stain can be,
Thy God, Who came from Heaven to be thy Lover,
Thy God, Who came from Heaven to dwell in thee.
About thy head celestial legions hover,
Chanting the praise of thy humility.

Joyce Kilmer’s other poems:

1. The Robe of Christ
2. Madness
3. St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars
4. Multiplication
5. The Snowman in the Yard

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Robert Henryson (Роберт Хенрисон) The Annunciation (“Forcy as deith is likand lufe”)

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