ON rainbow-rifted clouds, On dingy-hearted crowds, On London roofs and on the dusky river, Apollo scatters from his heavenly quiver New light and song: In human souls our cold estrangements sever, His breath, that is the breath of God for ever, Undoes the wrong, And stirs the winter-frozen love that never Was heir of death, yet dreamed of death so long: Sweet arrows shiver Through sacred dust, to make the inmate strong. On grimy window-sills, Celestial sunshine thrills Awaking snowdrops, and is softly stealing Through smoky panes to bless the folk with healing. Around Saint Paul's, Now iris-bosomed birds, in love excelling, Are cooing; and in many a stricken dwelling, On prisoning walls, A gleam of God, of wondrous worlds foretelling That know not space nor time, a moment falls, And life, revealing Eternal life, sets free earth's spell-bound thralls. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WIND AT THE DOOR by WILLIAM BARNES THE INDIAN BURYING GROUND by PHILIP FRENEAU AUSPEX by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE SMACK IN SCHOOL by WILLIAM PITT PALMER SPRING QUIET by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI NEW YEAR'S EVE by GEORGE ARNOLD |