I HAVE drunk deep of the flaming Sun's all-consuming glow; I've lain absorbed in dreaming 'Neath the moonbeams silv'ry flow. On tempestuous winds, wild roaring, Over all the world I've sped, And, heaven's blue vault exploring, The stars have my playmates made. The songs elves and nixies were singing Reached me in notes sweet and clear, And clouds, their soft hues mingling In roseate tints, floated near. Then joined moon and sun in the asking: Was aught more fair where I roved? I answered, in joy's rapture basking, "Yes, yes! I have loved, have loved!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAITH by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TRULY GREAT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES HOME THOUGHTS FROM FRANCE by ISAAC ROSENBERG THE WHITE SHIP by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI PRESCIENCE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE ELF CHILD by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS |