I VEX me not with brooding on the years That were ere I drew breath: why should I then Distrust the darkness that may fall again When life is done ? Perchance in other spheres - Dead planets - I once tasted mortal tears, And walked as now amid a throng of men, Pondering things that lay beyond my ken, Questioning death, and solacing my fears. Ofttimes indeed strange sense have I of this, Vague memories that hold me with a spell, Touches of unseen lips upon my brow, Breathing some incommunicable bliss In years foregone, O Soul, was all not well ? Still lovelier life awaits thee. Fear not thou! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN by ROBERT BROWNING THE KNIGHT'S TOMB by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE WHEN HE WOULD HAVE HIS VERSES READ by ROBERT HERRICK UPON A SPIDER CATCHING A FLY by EDWARD TAYLOR THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 3. THE GRAVE BY THE LAKE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER I COME SINGING by JOSEPH AUSLANDER |