Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOST SPIRIT, by CARROLL RYAN Poet's Biography First Line: Now in the solitude of night Last Line: "and look in mary's eyes." Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll Subject(s): Solitude; Soul; Loneliness | ||||||||
Now in the solitude of night Oh! tell to me my soul: Why has that spirit taken flight, Who was to thee thy one delight Above the world's control. She came to thee in early life A spirit all divine, And often in the headlong strife, Where grief, and pain, and death were rife, Her peace was ever thine. Upon the tempest-ridden sea When danger round thee rose, She seemed to beckon unto thee From life to immortality, From labor to repose. Among the summer islands where Bright flowers perennial bloom, She sat beside thee, ever fair, And with her songs dispell'd the care That wrapt thee oft in gloom. But, Oh! my soul, she now has fled To some more worthy breast; The happy light her presence shed Now gathers round a dearer head Than thine, O! thing unblest! She was so dearso very dear When she was all thine own, That now, when she no more is near, No ruin could be half so drear As thou, poor soul, alone! Shall I again thro' summer isles, Or o'er the wintry sea, Or in the halls where beauty wiles, Where laughing phantoms kill with smiles, Go seek her out for thee? "Ah, no! thou wilt not find her so," My lonely soul replies, "But if thou would'st the secret know, Upon some quiet moment go, And look in Mary's eyes." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA |
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