As when beside the lake of Galilee Peter and John, above their meshes bent, Looked up and saw another firmament, For God stood by them, saying: Follow me! So was my world transfigured, seeing thee, And looking in thine eyes I was content, And, with thy sweet voice for all argument, I left my tangled nets beside the sea. O happy John, to lie upon thy heart And stand beside thee in thine agony, Thy mother's second child! Alas, alas! What sin hath laid upon me Peter's part That I go from this house of Caiaphas, I who so love thee, weeping bitterly? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLOOD OF YEARS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT EVENING (1) by EMILY DICKINSON THE LIGHT OF STARS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TWENTY GOLDEN YEARS AGO by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN CUBA LIBRA [APRIL, 1896] by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER THE SHRINE OF VENUS by ANTIPATER OF SIDON THE APPROACH OF LOVE by LOUIS ARAGON CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 5. OF TEMPERANCE by WILLIAM BASSE SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 19 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |