SOUL, wherefore fret thee? Striving still to throw Some light upon the primal mystery Through rolling ages pondered ceaselessly, Whence thou hast come, and whither thou shalt go! Some deepest, secret voice gives thee to know How, older than created earth and sea, Thou hast been ever, shalt forever be, -- Unborn -- undying! Thy own life doth show, Yester, to-day, to-morrow, but a chain Of dusky pearls, whereof we seek in vain End or beginning, though perchance the one We call To-day gleams whitest in the sun. Ay, Soul, thy very Self is unto thee Immortal pledge of Immortality! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HYMN TO THE NIGHT by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 22. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON TWO WOMEN by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS RARE DESTINY by FLORA LOUISE BAILEY SPRING SONG by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT DEEDS UNDONE by GAMALIEL BRADFORD SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 40 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |