Of all who hail thy presence as the morning -- Of all to whom thine absence is the night -- The blotting utterly from out high heaven The sacred sun -- of all who, weeping, bless thee Hourly for hope -- for life -- ah! above all, For the resurrection of deep-buried faith In Truth -- in Virtue -- in Humanity -- Of all who, on Despair's unhallowed bed Lying down to die, have suddenly arisen At thy soft-murmured words, "Let there be light!" At the soft-murmured words that were fulfilled In the seraphic glancing of thine eyes -- Of all who owe thee most -- whose gratitude Nearest resembles worship -- oh, remember The truest -- the most fervently devoted, And think that these weak lines are written by him -- By him who, as he pens them, thrills to think His spirit is communing with an angel's. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FUNERAL HYMN by LOUIS UNTERMEYER DREAM-PEDLARY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE ARAB by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A LETTER FROM A GIRL TO HER OWN OLD AGE by ALICE MEYNELL CRUCIFIXION TO THE WORLD BY THE CROSS OF CHRIST by ISAAC WATTS |