Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HELEN'S TOWER, by GEORGE FRANCIS SAVAGE-ARMSTRONG


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First Line: By love's hand reared, on thine aerial height
Last Line: The world men see not with the earth they see!
Subject(s): Sheridan, Helen Selina (1807-1867); Dufferin, Lady; Gifford, Lady


BY Love's hand reared, on thine aerial height
Rise, pure Love's witness, and, 'mid storm and flame,
Earthquake and thunder, o'er wide lands proclaim
Death by love vanquished, and beyond the Night
Eternal splendours of eternal Light;
Hope, born of Love which grief nor time can tame,
Triumphant; Severance but a needless name;
And Joy unending one with sovereign Might!
Yea, thou, through whose firm tissue seems to thrill
Love's message from the Living to the Dead,
With throbbings of some sweet ethereal Will
Responsive through thy stony fibre sped,
Prove blent in one serene Eternity
The world men see not with the earth they see!





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