Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRUE HEAVEN, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The bliss for which our spirits pine Last Line: A boundless circle round us cast! Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise | ||||||||
THE bliss for which our spirits pine, That bliss we feel shall yet be given, Somehow, in some far realm divine, Some marvellous state we call a heaven. Is not the bliss of languorous hours A glory of calm, measured range, But life which feeds our noblest powers On wonders of eternal change? A heaven of action, freed from strife, With ampler ether for the scope Of an immeasurable life And an unbaffled, boundless hope. A heaven wherein all discords cease, Self-torment, doubt, distress, turmoil, The core of whose majestic peace Is godlike power of tireless toil. Toil, without tumult, strain or jar, With grandest reach of range endued, Unchecked by even the farthest star That trembles thro' infinitude; In which to soar to higher heights Through widening ethers stretched abroad, Till in our onward, upward flights We touch at last the feet of God. Time swallowed in eternity! No future evermore; no past, But one unending NOW, to be A boundless circle round us cast! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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