HE came to call me back from death To the bright world above. I hear him yet with trembling breath Low calling, "O sweet love! Come back! The earth is just as fair; The flowers, the open skies are there; Come back to life and love!" Oh! all my heart went out to him, And the sweet air above. With happy tears my eyes were dim; I called him, "O sweet love! I come, for thou art all to me. Go forth, and I will follow thee, Right back to life and love!" I followed through the cavern black; I saw the blue above. Some terror turned me to look back: I heard him wail, "O love! What hast thou done! What hast thou done!" And then I saw no more the sun, And lost were life and love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUSE by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH MERSA by KEITH CASTELLAINE DOUGLAS BINSEY POPLARS (FELLED 1879) by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS SCORN NOT THE LEAST by ROBERT SOUTHWELL A SPIRITUAL AND WELL-ORDERED MIND by HENRY ALFORD FULFILLMENT by CLARIBEL WEEKS AVERY |