Oh infinite delight when never more The white seas shine before us on the sand,— When at the touching of Death's calm sweet hand Colour forsakes the hills, and light the shore! Yes: then shall all life's weird wild pain be o'er. Nought shall arouse us from our perfect sleep: Not woman's touch,—nor woman's glances deep,— Nor ripples of the stream, nor ocean's roar. Whom woman cannot rouse is more than dead. Death's infinite peace shall fall upon each soon: Then in the timeless land where star nor moon Glitters,—nor rose of white nor rose of red,— And where no woman's figure thrills the air, We shall find rest from love,—and love's despair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THREE PASTORAL ELEGIES: TO THE READER (2) by WILLIAM BASSE LINES ADAPTED TO A FAVOURITE MILITARY AIR by JAMES HAY BEATTIE DEVOTIONAL VERSES by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) EPITAPH ON HOLY WILLIE by ROBERT BURNS ON SENSIBILITY by ROBERT BURNS DAWN by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. PHILOLAUS TO DIOCLES by EDWARD CARPENTER |