Death!—Shalt not thou reveal all things unseen, And teach me why the roses faded quite, And why a dawn that brake in golden light Over blue Isis and far meadows green Became so thunder-dark at noon, I ween!— Death!—Thou shalt teach me why my lady bright Fled with fleet steps till she was lost to sight,— And sweet things were as if they had not been. Death! Surely thou hast life within thine hands. Thou canst reveal the secret: thou canst pour (It may be) the old light along the shore:— Thou canst disclose the numberless star-lands When daylight fadeth. Lo! beside thee stands My lost love, found,—and found for evermore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MAGI by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS VERSES FOR A GUEST ROOM by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE SPIRIT OF THE SABBATH by ISIDORE G. ASCHER VERSES TO -- --, ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR MARRIAGE by BERNARD BARTON POETRY: WHAT IS IT? by LEVI BISHOP AT THE LAST by RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE |