Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DESIRE, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL


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First Line: With thee a moment! Then what dreams have play!
Last Line: Ah, with what longing once again I turn!
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Desire; Longing


WITH Thee a moment! Then what dreams have play!
Traditions of eternal toil arise,
Search for the high, austere and lonely way
The Spirit moves in through eternities.
Ah, in the soul what memories arise!

And with what yearning inexpressible,
Rising from long forgetfulness I turn
To Thee, invisible, unrumoured, still:
White for Thy whiteness all desires burn.
Ah, with what longing once again I turn!





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