SKY beyond words! Elysian-field In sunset air and blush revealed: To eyes of earth is it so given To peep at what they dream in heaven? What angel dropped her rainbow-flowers In that horizon blue of ours? And that young moon, whence came she now But from some calm triunion's brow? Sky beyond words! and could it pass That we should lose the magic glass, And strain to see through our harsh shroud Anarchies of whirling, smouldering cloud, Labouring with engines of black force To hurl sweet Nature from her course? To lean fanged lightnings can it be Our hopes ran out for sympathy? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CLOSING SCENE by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ THE DESTINY OF GENIUS by MARIA ABDY ONCE ON A TIME by BERTON BRALEY DIS ALITER VISUM; OR, LE BYRON DE NOS JOURS by ROBERT BROWNING THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY A COLLEGE EXAMINATION by GEORGE GORDON BYRON APPLE-BLOSSOMS by KATHARINE CARASSO POEM-SKETCH IN 3 PARTS: THE ROLLING IN OF THE WAVE by HILDA CONKLING |