Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASPIRATIONS: 5, by MATHILDE BLIND Poet's Biography First Line: I move amid a golden cloud Last Line: In hushed and reverential prayer. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Grief; God; Conduct Of Life; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
I move amid a golden cloud; The green earth springs beneath my tread; My thoughts like birds with joy are loud; And every throbbing pulse is glad. This very day, this blessed day, Thee face to face shall I behold; Like seas, when storms have ebbed away, And hills, when thunders on have rolled, That lie like babes all hushed and bright, And suck in sun and rainbow-skies; Thus will I drink the words of light, Falling adown thy lips and eyes. Oh dewy calm! Oh peace divine! More still than fragrant summer-air; To feel my spirit kneel to thine, In hushed and reverential prayer. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS |
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