Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EMILY BRONTE, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES


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First Line: Thou hadst all passion's splendor
Last Line: From thine immortal throne.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2)
Subject(s): Bronte, Emily (1818-1848)


'Du hast Diamanten'

THOU hadst all Passion's splendor,
Thou hadst abounding store
Of heaven's eternal jewels,
Belovèd; what wouldst thou more?

Thine was the frolic freedom
Of creatures coy and wild,
The melancholy of wisdom,
The innocence of a child,

The mail'd will of the warrior,
That buckled in thy breast
Humility as of Francis,
The self-surrender of Christ;

And of God's cup thou drankest
The unmingled wine of Love,
Which makes poor mortals giddy
When they but sip thereof.

What was't to thee thy pathway
So rugged mean and hard,
Whereon when Death surprised thee
Thou gav'st him no regard?

What was't to thee, enamour'd
As a red rose of the sun,
If of thy myriad lovers
Thou never sawest one?

Nor if of all thy lovers
That are and were to be
None ever had their vision,
O belovèd, of thee,

Until thy silent glory
Went forth from earth alone,
Where like a star thou gleamest
From thine immortal throne.





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