AS late I journeyed o'er the extensive plain Where native Otter sports his scanty stream, Musing in torpid woe a Sister's pain, The glorious prospect woke me from the dream. At every step it widened to my sight -- Wood, Meadow, verdant Hill, and dreary Steep, Following in quick succession of delight, -- Till all -- at once -- did my eye ravished sweep! May this (I cried) my course through Life portray! New scenes of Wisdom may each step display, And Knowledge open as my days advance! Till what time Death shall pour the undarkened ray, My eye shall dart thro' infinite expanse, And thought suspended lie in Rapture's blissful trance. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A LADY WHO HAD OFFERED HIM A WREATH OF LAUREL by GEORGE SANTAYANA ENGLAND (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK THE MORAL FABLES: THE WOLF AND THE LAMB by AESOP LOVER'S LAMENT by EVA K. ANGLESBURG THE SHRINE OF VENUS by ANTIPATER OF SIDON |