FAR from this visible diurnal sphere, Immortal Spirit, it was thine to stray, And, bending towards the sun thy proud career, Dip thy white plumage in the font of day; Time, marvelling at thy course, beheld thee leave His confines—overlook, with steadfast eye, The ungirdled regions of Eternity— And through the waste wide Empyrean cleave— Darting with sheer descent the caves amid Of Night chaotic, downwards to the abyss Of Death and Darkness, where the Furies hiss, And Hope from wretched souls is ever hid;— Heaven, Hell, and Earth thy theme—a scene of bliss The last, ere Sin the Elysian charm undid. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NATIONALITY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS MENAPHON: SAMELA by ROBERT GREENE OBERON'S FEAST by ROBERT HERRICK PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 8. MUHAIMIN by EDWIN ARNOLD PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 95, 96. AL-AZALI, AL-BAKI by EDWIN ARNOLD |