BY Love's hand reared, on thine aerial height Rise, pure Love's witness, and, 'mid storm and flame, Earthquake and thunder, o'er wide lands proclaim Death by love vanquished, and beyond the Night Eternal splendours of eternal Light; Hope, born of Love which grief nor time can tame, Triumphant; Severance but a needless name; And Joy unending one with sovereign Might! Yea, thou, through whose firm tissue seems to thrill Love's message from the Living to the Dead, With throbbings of some sweet ethereal Will Responsive through thy stony fibre sped, Prove blent in one serene Eternity The world men see not with the earth they see! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LONELY BURIAL by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE by JAMES GALVIN RECOMPENSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO -, WITH A ROSE by SIDNEY LANIER TO BAYARD TAYLOR by SIDNEY LANIER CRITIC AND POET by EMMA LAZARUS FREE FANTASIA ON JAPANESE THEMES by AMY LOWELL |