Pieta, by R S Thomas
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Gabrielle Dean
Apr 3, 2026, 11:41:03 PM (11 days ago) Apr 3
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Pieta
Always the same hills
Crown the horizon,
Remote witnesses
Of the still scene
And in the foreground
The tall Cross,
Sombre, untenanted,
Aches for the Body
That is back in the cradle
of a maid’s arms.
Crown the horizon,
Remote witnesses
Of the still scene
And in the foreground
The tall Cross,
Sombre, untenanted,
Aches for the Body
That is back in the cradle
of a maid’s arms.
R. S. Thomas (Welsh poet and Anglican priest )
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