Oh, there are moments in our life When the dim marshes of the mind, Those livid swamps, where birds of strife Beat up against a sullen wind, Sink, drowned, in one tremendous flood, Full-brimmed, resistless, like the sea. I rose and praised God where I stood, When such a moment came to me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE PHANTOM-LOVER [OR, WOOER] by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES IN ROMNEY MARSH by JOHN DAVIDSON A CORN SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR CHRISTMAS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A PRAISE OF HIS LOVE by HENRY HOWARD |