Now on the summit of Love's topmost peak Kiss we and part; no farther can we go: And better death than we from high to low Should dwindle or decline from strong to weak. We have found all, there is no more to seek; All have we proved, no more is there to know; And Time could only tutor us to eke Out rapture's warmth with custom's afterglow. We cannot keep at such a height as this; And even straining souls like ours inhale But once in life so rarefied a bliss. What if we lingered till love's breath should fall! Heaven of my Earth! one more celestial kiss, Then down by separate pathways to the vale. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DAY DREAM by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE FOREFATHER by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE JEW TO JESUS by FLORENCE KIPER FRANK MOUNTAIN PICTURES: 2. MONADNOCK FROM WACHUSETT by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER FELDMESTEN OR MEASURING THE GRAVES by ALTER ABELSON LINES TO A BEAUTIFUL AND BUS-RIDING LADY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |