THERE lies a deep and sealed well Within yon leafy forest hid; Whose pent and lonely waters swell, Its confines chill and drear amid. It hears the birds on every spray Thrill forth melodious notes of love; It feels the warm sun's seldom ray Glance on the stone its wave above. And quick the gladden'd waters rush Tumultuous upward to the brink; A seal is on their joyous gush, And back, repress'd, they coldly shrink. Thus in their cavern'd space, apart, Closed from the eye of day, they dwell -- So, prison'd deep within my heart, The tides of quick affection swell. Each kindly glance -- each kindly tone, To joy its swift pulsations sway; But none may lift the veiling stone, And give the franchised current way. Smite THOU the rock, whose eye alone The hidden spring within may see; And bid the flood, resistless One! Flow forth, rejoicing, unto thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE LEAVES by HAYDEN CARRUTH ONE FAVORED ACORN by ROBERT FROST BONDAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON JOY (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON RETROSPECT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |