SO thin a veil divides Us from such joy, past words. Walking in daily life—the business of the hour, each detail seen to; Yet carried, rapt away, on what sweet floods of other Being: Swift streams of music flowing, light far back through all Creation shining, Loved faces looking— Ah! from the true, the mortal self So thin a veil divides! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER FEBRUARY IN ROME by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE STAGE SETTING KANSAS by BERNICE GIBBS ANDERSON THAT GRAY, COLD CHRISTMAS DAY (DECEMBER 25, 1620) by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH PRECIOUS STONES; AN INCIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. A MILITARY BAND by EDWARD CARPENTER |