In mourning the apostle night and day Lay on the hill whence Christ had entered Heaven: "Do you thus leave your faithful to despair? Has this your splendor blinded you to earth? Shall I not ever hear your voice again, And kiss your garment's hem and kiss your feet? I clamor for a sign · yet you are silent." Then there approached a stranger: "Brother speak! Upon your cheek there burns such agony That it will singe me if I cannot quench it." "Your comfort avails nothing .. leave the stricken! I seek my Lord who has forgotten me." The stranger vanished .. the apostle knelt With a wild cry · for by heaven's radiance Which hung about that place he was aware That through blind pain and all too fragile hope He had not seen: the Lord had come and gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAUCERS WORDES UNTO ADAM, HIS OWN SCRIVEYN by GEOFFREY CHAUCER BAVARIAN GENTIANS by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE THE HAPPY WARRIOR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A PRIZE RIDDLE ON HERSELF WHEN 24 by ELIZABETH FRANCES AMHERST THE PLOUGHMAN by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |