Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DIALOGUE, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907)


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THE DIALOGUE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Unto my soul I said
Last Line: "we meet at last in one."
Subject(s): Soul


UNTO my soul I said,
"Oh, vagrant soul!
When o'er my living head
A few years roll,
Is't true that thou shalt fly
Far away into the sky,
Leaving me in my place
Alone with my disgrace?

"For thou wilt stand in the East,
The night withdrawn,
White-robed as is a priest,
At the door of dawn;
While I within the ground,
In misery fast bound,
Shall lie, blind, deaf, and foul,
Since thou art fled, O soul."

Then said my soul to me:
"Thy lot is best;
For thou shalt tranquil be,
Sunk deep in rest,
While naked I shall know
The intolerable glow
When as, the sun, shall rise
A fire in fiery skies.

"Thou shalt lie cool and dark,
Forgetting all;
I shall float shamed and stark,
Till the sun fall:
Thou shalt be earth in earth,
Preparing for new birth;
While me in the heavens fierce,
Pure glories fright and pierce."

Then said I to my soul,
And she to me:
"Where'er life's current roll
We twain shall be,
Part here and part not here,
Partners in hope and fear,
Until, our exile done,
We meet at last in one."





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