Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPRINGING UP, by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY


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First Line: Softly o'er my anguish stealing
Last Line: Like a choir of angels singing!
Subject(s): Happiness; Hearts; Love; Joy; Delight


Softly o'er my anguish stealing,
Sweet heart-echoes sigh, revealing
That this woe is not past healing!

Round my heart soft glances twining,
In my soul an image shrining,
Driveth far all care and pining!

All my life and mind are growing
To that dear face, heaven-glowing,
O'er my heart new radiance throwing!

Can I e'er forget when seeing
First that rare and radiant being,
At her voice all sorrow fleeing?

Wordless, motionless, but drinking
Love-draughts from her star-eyes, thinking
How my soul to hers was linking,

I sat gazing, nothing heeding
Aught of earth except time's speeding,
Through her eyes her pure soul reading!

And the music of her voice crept
Nestling to my heart, and there slept,
While beneath the joy that heart leapt!

Through my soul that voice still thrilling,
With new thoughts that soul is filling,
Every pain and sorrow stilling!

To my heart that voice still clinging,
Ever through that heart is ringing,
Like a choir of angels singing!





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