Vision so high that I am dazzled in my sight With searching for the ether's utmost star That was not meant to cast its beam so far As this small earth-bound range of semi-night! Half blind, rejoicing in the awful height, For me no lesser sun can ever shine. But oh, to reach that height and make it mine! O God! the beauty of that far-off light! The glimmered splendor of its slender ray To twilight dim turns every nearer day; When flashes its full glory on my eyes, I faint upon the floor of paradise. Better than love, better than life, a friend Who will not let me choose ignoble end. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISSING THE BO IN THE HENHOUSE by HAYDEN CARRUTH GUARDIANSHIP by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LET ME NOT LOSES MY DREAM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE SUICIDE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE HARD TIMES IN ELFLAND; A STORY OF CHRISTMAS EVE by SIDNEY LANIER SPRING DAY: NIGHT AND SLEEP by AMY LOWELL STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 3. WASHINGTON, D.C. by CLARENCE MAJOR |