One passed me like a flash of lightning by. To ring clear bells of heaven beyond the stars. Then said I: Wars and rumours of your wars Are dull with din of what and where and why: My heart is where these troubles draw not nigh: Let me alone till heaven shall burst its bars, Break up its fountains, roll its flashing cars Earthwards with fire to test and purify. Let me alone to-night, and one night more Of which I shall not count the eventide: Its morrow will not be as days before. Let me alone to dream, perhaps to weep: To dream of her the imperishable bride, Dream while I wake and dream on while I sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE RIVER by EDGAR ALLAN POE DESCRIBES THE PLACE WHERE CYNTHIA IS SPORTING HERSELF by PHILIP AYRES THE JEWISH MARTYRS by W. V. B. EPITAPH by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 2. JAMES MACNEIL WHISTLER by KARL W. BIGELOW |