Heart of magnificent desire: O equal of the lordly sun! Since thou hast cast on me thy fire, My cloistral peace, so hardly won, Breaks from its trance: One glance From thee hath all its joy undone. Of lonely quiet was my dream; Day gliding into fellow day, With the mere motion of a stream: But now in vehement disarray Go time and thought, Distraught With passion kindled at thy ray. Heart of tumultuary mught, O greater than the mountain flame, That leaps upon the fearful night! On me thy devastation came, Sudden and swift; A gift Of joyous torment without name. Thy spirit stings my spirit: thou Takest by storm and ecstasy The cloister of my soul. And now, With ardour that is agony, I do thy will; Yet still Hear voices of calm memory. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: THE EVENING STAR by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW DAWN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 65. AL-WAJID by EDWIN ARNOLD THE OLD SCOTTISH CAVALIER by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN MIRTH by EDITH COURTENAY BABBITT THE ELDER WOMAN'S SONG: 3, FR. KING LEAR'S WIFE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |