Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HYMN, by ELIZABETH SINGER ROWE Poet's Biography First Line: In vain the dusky night retires Last Line: A near approach to thee? | ||||||||
IN vain the dusky night retires, And sullen shadows fly: In vain the morn with purple light Adorns the eastern sky. In vain the gaudy rising sun The wide horizon gilds, Comes glittering o'er the silver streams, And cheers the dewy fields. In vain, dispensing vernal sweets, The morning breezes play: In vain the birds with cheerful songs Salute the new-born day; In vain, unless my Saviour's face These gloomy clouds control, And dissipate the sullen shades That press my drooping soul. O visit then Thy servant, Lord, With favour from on high; Arise, my bright, immortal Sun, And all these shades will die. When, when shall I behold Thy face, All radiant and serene, Without these envious dusky clouds That make a veil between? When shall that long-expected day Of sacred vision be, When my impatient soul shall make A near approach to Thee? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DESPAIR by ELIZABETH SINGER ROWE TO MADAM S---AT THE COURT by ELIZABETH SINGER ROWE UPON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND by ELIZABETH SINGER ROWE EXPOSTULATION by ELIZABETH SINGER ROWE REVELATION AT CAP FERRAT by CLARENCE MAJOR PLACE FOR A THIRD by ROBERT FROST WHERE MY BOOKS GO by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 14. OVER THE COFFIN by THOMAS HARDY |
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