FROM far away, from far away, It journeyed swiftly night and day, It rested not. With cruel haste It crossed the ocean's trackless waste. It swerved no moment in its flight Through mist and storm and deepest night. No mercy prompted it to stay, No pity moved it to delay. O'er seas that rose up to detain, Silent as Death it sped amain. Through cities crowding close and strong, Undazed, untired, it fled along. No voice cried out through all the land, Great Heaven saw, yet stirred no hand. No angel, kinder than the rest, Held his white shield before my breast. Across the land, across the sea, Straight, swift, and sure, it came to me! Unlet, unhindered, undeterred, Straight, swift, and sure, it brought me word! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EARTH IS ENOUGH by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: THE JURY DELIBERATES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: IPPOLIT KONOVALOFF by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WAR VERSE (1914) by EZRA POUND OCTAVES: 16 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON LOVE IN AUTUMN by SARA TEASDALE |