294. San Miniato by Oscar Wilde
b'O Wilde read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n \\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n---------------------------------------------\\n \\nSan Miniato\\nby Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)\\n\\nSee, I have climbed the mountain side\\nUp to this holy house of God,\\nWhere once that Angel-Painter trod\\nWho saw the heavens opened wide,\\nAnd throned upon the crescent moon\\nThe Virginal white Queen of Grace, -\\nMary! could I but see thy face\\nDeath could not come at all too soon.\\n\\nO crowned by God with thorns and pain!\\nMother of Christ! O mystic wife!\\nMy heart is weary of this life\\nAnd over-sad to sing again.\\n\\nO crowned by God with love and flame!\\nO crowned by Christ the Holy One!\\nO listen ere the searching sun\\nShow to the world my sin and shame.\\n\\n \\n For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n \\n Reading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008'