Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OVERSOUL, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography First Line: The east was crowned with snow-cold bloom Last Line: To adoration silently? Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Variant Title(s): Krishna Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
THE East was crowned with snow-cold bloom And hung with veils of pearly fleece: They died away into the gloom, Vistas of peace -- and deeper peace. And earth and air and wave and fire In awe and breathless silence stood; For One who passed into their choir Linked them in mystic brotherhood. Twilight of amethyst, amid Thy few strange stars that lit the heights, Where was the secret spirit hid? Where was Thy place, O Light of Lights? The flame of Beauty far in space -- Where rose the fire: in Thee? in Me? Which bowed the elemental race To adoration silently? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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