IF TO grow old in Heaven is to grow young, (As the Seer saw and said,) then blest were he With youth for evermore, whose heaven should be True Woman, she whom these weak notes have sung. Here and hereafter,--choir-strains of her tongue,-- Sky-spaces of her eyes,--sweet signs that flee About her soul's immediate sanctuary,-- Were Paradise all uttermost worlds among. The sunrise blooms and withers on the hill Like any hillflower; and the noblest troth Dies here to dust. Yet shall Heaven's promise clothe Even yet those lovers who have cherished still This test for love:--in every kiss sealed fast To feel the first kiss and forbode the last. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAUGHING SONG, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ARABELLA STUART by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE PASSIONATE MAN'S PILGRIMAGE by WALTER RALEIGH THE BASE OF ALL METAPHYSICS by WALT WHITMAN PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 7. AL-MAUMIN by EDWIN ARNOLD VIA LUCIS by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN TIME OF ROSES by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY; OR, TURF AND TOWERS: PART 2 by ROBERT BROWNING |