As once the winged energy of delight carried you over childhood's dark abysses, now beyond your own life build the great arch of unimagined bridges. Wonders happen if we can succeed in passing through the harshest danger; but only in a bright and purely granted achievement can we realize the wonder. To work with Things in the indescribable relationship is not too hard for us; the pattern grows more intricate and subtle, and being swept along is not enough. Take your practiced powers and stretch them out until they span the chasm between two contradictions...For the god wants to know himself in you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO AGE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE TROOP SHIP by ISAAC ROSENBERG HEALTHFUL OLD AGE, FR. AS YOU LIKE IT by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A RONDEAU OF REGRETS by HENRI BAUDE THE CARPENTER'S STORY by ARCHIE BINNS WATER TOWER AT WALDO by DAISY MARITA BISHOP SUFFRAGE MARCHING-SONG by LOUIS JAMES BLOCK AN ELEGY ON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THOMAS AYLEWORTH, SLAIN AT CROYDON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |