If God should say: "From all my power to bless Choose thine own heaven, where the soul shall be Fired with white joy, or drowned in a sweet sea Of everlasting calm forgetfulness." I should make answer: "Lord, earth's images Of heaven are fairer; therefore leave me free -- Make me immortal in mortality -- Thou hast no more to give; grant me no less." Wonder too deep for dream; glory to blind The sight of angels; agony to endure Beyond all sense; hate, laughter, love, and fear -- What need for other worlds? The soul were sure, After innumerable lives, to find Ever inviolate adventures here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BIRDS OF VIETNAM by HAYDEN CARRUTH BATTLE OF BRITAIN by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE EXECUTIVE by DAVID IGNATOW I SING OF LOVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ILLUSIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BRER RABBIT, YOU'S DE CUTES' OF 'EM ALL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TO -, WITH A ROSE by SIDNEY LANIER |