Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ANGELS' CALL, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come to the land of peace! Last Line: Come, spirit, to thy god! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise | ||||||||
COME to the land of peace! Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away, The sounds of weeping cease? Fear hath no dwelling there! Come to the mingling of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove Through the celestial air! Come to the bright and blest, And crowned for ever! -- 'midst that shining band, Gathered to heaven's own wreath from every land, Thy spirit shall find rest! Thou hast been long alone: Come to thy mother! -- on the Sabbath shore, The heart that rocked thy childhood, back, once more Shall take its wearied one. In silence wert thou left: Come to thy sisters! -- joyously again All the home-voices, blent in one sweet strain, Shall greet their long-bereft! Over thine orphan head The storm hath swept, as o'er a willow's bough: Come to thy father! -- it is finished now; Thy tears have all been shed. In thy divine abode Change finds no pathway, memory no dark trace, And, oh! bright victory -- death by love no place: Come, Spirit, to thy God! | 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 A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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