Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SAINT PAUL: 6, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

SAINT PAUL: 6, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oft shall that flesh imperil and outweary
Last Line: Faint for the flaming of thine advent feet.
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): Paul, Saint (1st Century); Saul Of Tarsus


Oft shall that flesh imperil and outweary
Soul that would stay it in the straiter scope,
Oft shall the chill day and the even dreary
Force on my heart the frenzy of a hope:—

Lo as some ship, outworn and overladen,
Strains for the harbour where her sails are furled;—
Lo as some innocent and eager maiden
Leans o'er the wistful limit of the world,

Dreams of the glow and glory of the distance,
Wonderful wooing and the grace of tears,
Dreams with what eyes and what a sweet insistance
Lovers are waiting in the hidden years;—

Lo as some venturer, from his stars receiving
Promise and presage of sublime emprise,
Wears evermore the seal of his believing
Deep in the dark of solitary eyes,

Yea to the end, in palace or in prison,
Fashions his fancies of the realm to be,
Fallen from the height or from the deeps arisen,
Ringed with the rocks and sundered of the sea;—

So even I, and with a pang more thrilling,
So even I, and with a hope more sweet,
Yearn for the sign, o Christ! of thy fulfilling,
Faint for the flaming of thine advent feet.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net