Thou art nourishment.
Let this world surrender to thee.
Arise and take thy place at the gate of stars…
Thine is the crown of affection. O laugh laugh blue skies
Delight may soothe our errant shells,
Our infected creature and imperfect soul.
We should not tire of thy loves demonstration,
Instead we need hover to the center of its heaven
And kindly bathe in gentle ocean’s offspring.
Thou art nourishment!
Let this world surrender to thee!
Arise and take thy place at the gate of stars…
Summon us forth of thy wonderment. O weep no more!
Our birth, even thine own, we owe to thee,
Needing, even now, to enter thine arms embrace,
To be rescued of ourselves. Consoled. Loved.
There is no other miracle so desirable as our beginning.
Arise now and we toward yearning arms shall move.
© 2007 mrp/thepoetryman
Julia Ward Howe, Poet / Activist
Born: 27 May 1819
Birthplace: New York, New York
Died: 17 October 1910
Best Known As: The abolitionist who wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Julia Ward Howe was a poet who co-published the anti-slavery newspaper The Commonwealth with her husband, Samuel Gridley Howe. In 1861 she wrote the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which became the recognized theme song of the Union during the Civil War. After the war Howe continued writing, became active in the woman's suffrage movement and advocated world peace. In 1908 she became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Here's a
