WHEN the great universe hung nebulous Betwixt the unprevented and the need, Was it foreseen that you and I should be? -- Was it decreed? While time leaned onward through eternities, Unrippled by a breath and undistraught, Lay there at leisure Will that we should breathe? -- Waited a Thought? When the warm swirl of chaos-elements Fashioned the chance that woke to sentient strife, Did there a Longing seek, and hasten on Our mutual life? That flux of many accidents but now That brought you near and linked your hand in mine, -- That fused our souls in love's most final faith, -- Was it divine? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICA (1) by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 50 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 7. SUPREME SURRENDER by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI IMPRESSIONS: LA FUITE DE LA LUNE by OSCAR WILDE DEAD LOVE by MARY MATHEWS ADAMS |