English Poetry. Paul Hamilton Hayne. Along the Path Thy Bleeding Feet Have Trod. Пол Гамильтон Хейн.

Paul Hamilton Hayne (Пол Гамильтон Хейн)

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ALONG the path thy bleeding feet have trod,
O Christian Mother! do the martyr-years,
Crownèd with suffering through the mist of tears
Uplift their brows, thorn-circled, unto God;
Most bitterly our Father's chastening rod
Hath ruled within thy term of mortal days,
Yet in thy soul spring up the tones of praise,
Freely as flowers from out a burial-sod:
Nor hath a tireless faith essayed in vain
To win from sorrow that diviner rest,
Which, like a sunset, purpling through the rain
Of dying storms, maketh the darkness blest;
Grief is transfigured, and dethronèd Fears,
Pale in the glory beckoning from the West.

Paul Hamilton Hayne’s other poems:

1. The True Heaven
2. Baby’s First Word
3. A Comparison
4. “The Old Man of the Sea”
5. A Meeting of the Birds

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