BUT give them me, the mouth, the eyes, the brow! Let them once more absorb me! One look now Will lap me round forever, not to pass Out of its light, though darkness lie beyond: Hold me but safe again within the bond Of one immortal look! All woe that was, Forgotten, and all terror that may be, Defied, -- no past is mine, no future: look at me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOHENLINDEN by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE PAST by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE TESTAMENT OF CRESSEID by ROBERT HENRYSON TO MRS. THRALE [ON HER COMPLETING HER THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR] by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) THE WALLABOUT MARTYRS by WALT WHITMAN |