Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RETURN, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE


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THE RETURN, by                    
First Line: The shadow far and wide
Last Line: Its home where great souls dwell.
Subject(s): Death, Return From; Shadows; Soul


And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.
TENNYSON.

THE shadow far and wide;
All sound hath died,
And Something felt but seen not from the shore,
Nor moved by any sail nor any oar,
Went outward with the tide.

No moaning of the bar;
But far, oh, far
The silent ship has gone upon its way
Into the space that lies beyond our day,
Beyond our evening star.

Thence came it at our need;
It bore a seed
From out the bosom of the Shadowy Sea,
Which grew, and filled the whole world gloriously
With flower of light indeed!

No sadness of farewell,
No voice, no bell,
The heart too full for aught but silence, when
A great soul turns to seek and find again
Its home where great souls dwell.





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