'Tis a new life -- thoughts move not as they did With slow uncertain steps across my mind, In thronging haste fast pressing on they bid The portals open to the viewless wind; That comes not, save when in the dust is laid The crown of pride that gilds each mortal brow, And from before man's vision melting fade The heavens and earth -- Their walls are falling now -- Fast crowding on each thought claims utterance strong, Storm-lifted waves swift rushing to the shore On from the sea they send their shouts along, Back through the cave-worn rocks their thunders roar, And I a child of God by Christ made free Start from death's slumbers to eternity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE PUTTING IN THE SEED by ROBERT FROST RUNNING THE BATTERIES by HERMAN MELVILLE THE NAME OF JESUS by JOHN NEWTON MINIVER CHEEVY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ARAB LOVE SONG by FRANCIS THOMPSON THE THREE TROOPERS DURING THE PROTECTORATE by GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY |