With contrite heart and sacrifice of tears I give thee back unto the Lord the Lender, Star of my life, quintessence of the splendour, Of Lucifer and all his shining peers. The shadow of returning night uprears Its veil athwart thy face, serene and tender. O lift me to thy self through this surrender Where, hid from earth, thou shinest in the spheres. The fire of love its proper ashes smother When hearts are still and lips without a breath, The light of love lives on, nor suffers wrong. Though hell and heaven part us from each other The might of love immortal and of song Hath made us whom life had parted, one in death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ASKING FOR ROSES by ROBERT FROST TWO FUSILIERS by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES THE HUDSON by GEORGE SIDNEY HELLMAN THE DAUGHTER OF MENDOZA by MIRABEAU BONAPARTE LAMAR AN HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELAND by ANDREW MARVELL EL HOMBRE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |