I am that Adam who, with Snake for guest, Hid anguished eyes upon Eve's piteous breast. I am that Adam who, with broken wings, Fled from the Seraph's brazen trumpetings. Betrayed and fugitive, I still must roam A world where sin, and beauty, whisper of Home. Oh, from wide circuit, shall at length I see Pure daybreak lighten again on Eden's tree? Loosed from remorse and hope and love's distress, Enrobe me again in my lost nakedness? No more with worldless grief a loved one grieve, But to Heaven's nothingness re-welcome Eve? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE AGES WITH A SMILE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FORECLOSURE by STERLING ALLEN BROWN MEMORABILIA by ROBERT BROWNING THE SLAVE MOTHER by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER NOVEMBER, 1806 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |