IN LUCEM TRANSITUS, OCTOBER, 1'92 FROM the misty shores of midnight, touched with splendors of the moon, To the singing tides of heaven, and the light more clear than noon, Passed a soul that grew to music till it was with God in tune. Brother of the greatest poets, true to nature, true to art; Lover of Immortal Love, uplifter of the human heart, -- Who shall cheer us with high music, who shall sing, if thou depart? Silence here -- for love is silent, gazing on the lessening sail; Silence here -- for grief is voiceless when the mighty minstrels fail; Silence here -- but, far beyond us, many voices crying, Hail! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TIME AND THE PERFUME RIVER by KAREN SWENSON CANZONET: TO HIS COY LOVE by MICHAEL DRAYTON THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE OLD GREY MARE by MOTHER GOOSE SPRING, 1916 by ISAAC ROSENBERG TRANQUIL HABIT by AUGUSTE ANGELLIER |