AWAY with light! There needs nor sun nor star Where I and my love are; Away with light! Go, stars, where lives are old! Go, sun, where hearts are cold! We need no light. Away with sound! My heart thy heart shall reach, Shall utter and beseech What never word may teach; Away with sound! Go, speech, where hearts are numb, Go, song, where souls are dumb, For us let silence come; Away with sound! Away with time! Hours are for those who stay Far from their love away; Away with time! Together thus alway, We know nor night nor day, Away with time! Snatch from his hoary brow Our own eternal Now: Away with time! Away with space! The universe is here, All glorious and near Where life is warm and dear; Away with space! Through all immensity One blessed thing for me Alone has room to be; -- My darling's face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEW NEIGHBORHOOD by KAREN SWENSON TRULY GREAT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES VAIN TEARS, FR. THE QUEEN OF CORINTH by JOHN FLETCHER FOR THE HOLY FAMILY, BY MICHELANGELO (IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE WORD by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS IN THE ST. GOTTHARDT PASS by MATHILDE BLIND |