NOT by running out of yourself after it comes the love which lasts a thousand years. If to gain another's love you are untrue to yourself then are you also untrue to the person whose love you would gain. Him or her whom you seek will you never find that way—and what pleasure you have with them will haply only end in pain. Remain stedfast, knowing that each prisoner has to endure in patience till the season of his liberation; when the love comes which is for you it will turn the lock easily and loose your chains— Being no longer whirled about nor tormented by winds of uncertainty, but part of the organic growth of God himself in Time— Another column in the temple of immensity, Two voices added to the eternal choir. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESPECTABILITY by ROBERT BROWNING THE MARYLAND BATTALION [AUGUST 27, 1776] by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER GO NOW' by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS THE GLOW-WORM by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ON THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF READING MATTER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |