YES, thou art gone! and never more Thy sunny smile shall gladden me; But I may pass the old church door, And pace the floor that covers thee, May stand upon the cold, damp stone, And think that, frozen, lies below The lightest heart that I have known, The kindest I shall ever know. Yet, though I cannot see thee more, 'Tis still a comfort to have seen; And though thy transient life is o'er, 'Tis sweet to think that thou hast been; To think a soul so near divine, Within a form, so angel fair, United to a heart like thine, Has gladdened once our humble sphere. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAMEMNON: THE PURPLE CARPER by AESCHYLUS INSCRIPTIONS: 8 by MARK AKENSIDE EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 2. MUTUAL LOVE by PHILIP AYRES OUR DAILY BREAD by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK SONNET: 15 by RICHARD BARNFIELD JERUSALEM; THE EMANATION OF THE GIANT ALBION: CHAPTER 3 by WILLIAM BLAKE |