Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENT YET PRESENT, by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON Poet's Biography First Line: As the flight of a river Last Line: The beat of my heart! Alternate Author Name(s): Bulwer, Edward; Lytton Of Knebworth, 1st Baron; Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer, Lord Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
As the flight of a river That flows to the sea My soul rushes ever In tumult to thee. A twofold existence I am where thou art; My heart in the distance Beats close to my heart. Look up, I am near thee, I gaze on thy face; I see thee, I hear thee, I feel thine embrace -- But all that I care for, And all that I know, Is that, without wherefore, I worship thee so -- A twofold existence I am where thou art; Hark, hear in the distance The beat of my heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD SONG, FR. ERNEST MALTRAVERS by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON A SPENDTHRIFT by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON AMBITION AND GLORY by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON |
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