LIKE the rise and set of the starry host Earth's myriads come and go; Yet whence we speed through the infinite spaces — Speed as the light and leave no traces — And what the calm, on the pale, cold faces, And whither we pass to our shining places By far celestial isle and coast, O Lord, we may not know. But we are thine, and thy peace descends As our hearts cry out to Thee; 'Peace!' sigh the winds o'er the lone graves blowing, — And we know that the stars the azure strewing, And the souls whose life is thy bestowing, Forever and ever to Thee are going — To the Love that rise and set attends, And the Glory that is to be! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WILD RIDE by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY THE PLOUGHMAN by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SONGO RIVER; CONNECTING LAKE SEBAGO AND LONG LAKE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE WOODSPURGE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI WOMAN'S WILL by JOHN GODFREY SAXE LACHRYMAE MUSARUM (THE DEATH OF TENNYSON) by WILLIAM WATSON THE COWARD by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA ALL THIS by REBA MAXWELL AVERY ON THE MARRIAGE OF A BEAUTEOUS YOUNG GENTLEWOMAN WITH AN ANCIENT MAN by FRANCIS BEAUMONT |