Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A LOVER'S DIARY: SONNET. LOVE'S OUTSET, by HORATIO GILBERT PARKER


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

A LOVER'S DIARY: SONNET. LOVE'S OUTSET, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As one would stand who saw a sudden light
Last Line: And see no farther than my lady's eyes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Parker, Gilbert
Subject(s): Diaries; Love - Beginnings


As one would stand who saw a sudden light
Flood down the world, and so encompass him,
And in that world illumined Seraphim
Brooded above and gladdened to his sight;
So stand I in the flame of one great thought,
That broadens to my soul from where she waits,
Who, yesterday, drew wide the inner gates
Of all my being to the hopes I sought.
Her words came to me like a summer-song,
Blown from the throat of some sweet nightingale;
I stand within her light the whole day long,
And think upon her till the white stars fail:
I lift my head towards all that makes life wise,
And see no farther than my lady's eyes.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


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