GOD whispered and a silence fell; the world Poised one expectant moment like a soul Who sees at Heaven's threshold the unfurled White wings of cherubim, the sea impearled, And pauses, dazed, to comprehend the whole; Only across all space God's whisper came And burned about her heart like some white flame. Then suddenly a bird's note thrilled the peace, And earth again jarred noisily to life, With a great murmur as of many seas. But Mary sat with hands clasped on her knees, And lifted eyes with all amazement rife, And in her heart the rapture of the Spring Upon its first sweet day of blossoming. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JUDGE SELAH LIVELY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO IMAGINATION (2) by EMILY JANE BRONTE HAUNTED HOUSES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW PALINODE; AUTUMN by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 26. MID-RAPTURE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE THREE TROOPERS DURING THE PROTECTORATE by GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY |