Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ABSENT YET PRESENT, by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON



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ABSENT YET PRESENT, by                     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!





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