Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 12, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT


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First Line: He slept as only under the free heaven
Last Line: And to be numbered with the things that are,


He slept as only under the free heaven
It is given to sleep, a slumber shadowless
As the broad river to whose banks at even
That spirit comes which brings forgetfulness,
A silence undisturbed by the world's tread,
Which sees not, hears not, feels not, yet is girt
With sound and light and sense; which seeming dead
Drinks in Earth's life in cure of every hurt
And so takes consolation. Dreams anon
Come for the soul's refreshment, apparitions
Begot of heaven's beauty and the sun,
No meaningless expectance of sad visions
But tales prophetic of new days more fair
And to be numbered with the things that are,





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