Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VIGIL OF AIDEN, SELECTION, by THOMAS HOLLEY CHIVERS Poet's Biography First Line: In the rosy bowers of aiden Last Line: There to rest forevermore. Subject(s): Angels; Death; Future Life; God; Heaven; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Paradise | ||||||||
IN the Rosy Bowers of Aiden With her ruby lips love-laden Dwelt the mild, the modest maiden Whom Politian calls Lenore. As the churches, with their whiteness Clothe the earth with their uprightness, Clothes she now his soul with brightness, Breathing out her heart's love-lore; For her lily limbs so tender, Like the moon in her own splendor Seemed all earthly things to render Bright as Eden was of yore. Then he cried out broken-hearted, In this desert world deserted, Though she had not yet departed, "Are we not to meet, dear maiden! In the Rosy Bowers of Aiden, As we did in days of yore?" And that modest, mild, sweet maiden, In the Rosy Bowers of Aiden, With her lily-lips love-laden Answered, "Yes! forevermore!" And the old-time Tower of Aiden Echoed, "Yes! forevermore!" ... Then her mother cried, "My daughter!" As from earth the angels caught her, She had passed the Stygian water On the Asphodelian shore! ... As the lips of that damned Demon, Like the Syren to the seamen, With the voice of his dear Leman Answered, "Nevernevermore!" .. Through the luminiferous Gihon, To the Golden City high on High Eternity's Mount Zion, God built in the Days of Yore To the Golden Land of Goschen, Far beyond Time's upper ocean, Where, beholding our devotion, Float the argent orbs all o'er To Avillon's happy Valley, Where the breezes ever dally With the roses in each alley There to rest forevermore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX APOLLO by THOMAS HOLLEY CHIVERS |
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