Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HEAVEN AND EARTH, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING


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First Line: God, who with thunders and great voices kept
Last Line: As heaven has paused from song, let earth from moan!
Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise


God, who with thunders and great voices kept
Beneath thy throne, and stars most silver-paced
Along the inferior gyres, and open-faced
Melodious angels round, canst intercept
Music with music, -- yet, at will, has swept
All back, all back (said he in Patmos placed,)
To fill the heavens with silence of the waste
Which lasted half an hour! Lo, I who have wept
All day and night, beseech Thee by my tears,
And by that dread response of curse and groan
Men alternate across these hemispheres,
Vouchsafe us such a half-hour's hush alone,
In compensation for our stormy years:
As heaven has paused from song, let earth from moan!





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