SPIRIT beloved! whose wing so soon hath flown The joyless precincts of this earthly sphere, How is yon Heaven eternally thine own, Whilst I deplore thy loss, a captive here! Oh! if allowed in thy divine abode Of aught on earth an image to retain, Remember still the fervent love which glowed In my fond bosom, pure from every stain. And if thou deem that all my faithful grief, Caused by thy loss, and hopeless of relief, Can merit thee, sweet native of the skies! Oh! ask of Heaven, which called thee soon away. That I may join thee in those realms of day, Swiftly as @3thou@1 hast vanished from mine eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CORPORATE ENTITY by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH SONNET: ADDRESSED TO HAYDON (2) by JOHN KEATS TASTING THE EARTH by JAMES OPPENHEIM THE NEW TIMON AND THE POETS by ALFRED TENNYSON THE LETTER by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II |