Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ANGEL (1), by MIKHAIL YUREVICH LERMONTOV Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Through the heavens of midnight an angel was sped Last Line: The song wherewith heaven had thrilled. Alternate Author Name(s): Lermontov, Mikhail Yuryevich Subject(s): Angels; God; Heaven; Paradise | ||||||||
Through the heavens of midnight an angel was sped Who lifted his chant as he fled. The moon and the clouds and the stars leaned to hear The song rising holy and clear. He sang of the spirits, the sinless, the blest, Who softly in Paradise rest. Of the gardens of God, and of God was his song, Ringing true as a heavenly gong. He bore a young soul to the dark gates of birth; Toward the travailing, sorrowful earth. And flying, he sang, and the eager soul heard The deathless, the unuttered Word. And the years in the world could but sadden and tire The soul filled with wondrous desire. And vainly the dull songs of earth would have stilled The song wherewith heaven had thrilled. | 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 SAIL by MIKHAIL YUREVICH LERMONTOV |
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