For nothing can true lovers' souls divide: Not distance, pain, nor solitude, nor strife, Nor all the fretting cares of daily life, Nor thundering seas, nor sunstruck deserts wide. Breathe but a wish for me: I'm at thy side! If I desire thee, lo! thou art "quite close" In spirit, shielding me from myriad foes; My guardian, and mine holy spirit-bride. So is it ever. We are never far One from the other: never say "Good-bye". One blue arch reaches us of kindred sky; We both behold at night the self-same star;— Both struggle upward bravely towards the high Clear sphere where the eternal spirits are. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLAMING HEART by RICHARD CRASHAW DEAD IN THE SIERRAS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER THE YEAR OF JUBILEE by HENRY CLAY WORK FROM AN EXCAVATION ON THE WARRIOR RIVER by ESTHER BARRETT ARGO THE POET'S WIFE by JESSICA BELL TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES JACK FROST AND THE CATY-DID by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |