I LISTEN'D to the music broad and deep: I heard the tenor in an ecstasy Touch the sweet, distant goal; I heard the cry Of prayer and passion; and I heard the sweep Of mighty wings, that in their waving keep The music that the spheres make endlessly; -- Then my cheek shiver'd, tears made blind mine eye; As flame to flame I felt the quick blood leap, And, through the tides and moonlit winds of sound, To me love's passionate voice grew audible. Again I felt thy heart to my heart bound, Then silence on the viols and voices fell; But, like the still, small voice within a shell, I heard Love thrilling through the void profound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I SAW A STABLE by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE RESIGNATION by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TO THE RIVER by EDGAR ALLAN POE IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 54 by ALFRED TENNYSON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 22. AL-BASIT by EDWIN ARNOLD ARISTOPHANES' APOLOGY; BEING THE LAST ADVENTURE OF BALAUSTION: PART 1 by ROBERT BROWNING A BALLAD OF DEAD GIRLS by DANA BURNET |