BURST is the iron gate! And, from the night of fate, Out of the darkness and the gloom abhorred; Amidst the choral hymn, With cloud and cherubim, The Virgin leaves the tomb—arisen like her Lord! Free in the heavens she soars, While the clear radiance pours, Like a vast glory, round her upward face; And higher still, and higher, With the angelic choir, The soul by grace regained, regains the realms of grace. In mortal shape! and yet, Upon her brow is set The new celestial glory, like a crown; Her eyes anticipate The bright eternal state; Her arms to heaven extend; to her the heavens reach down! We, with the saints beneath, Half lose our mortal breath, With sense and soul still following where she flies; They, rapt into the light Of the miraculous sight— We, of the wondrous art that gives it to our eyes! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLUMBUS AT THE CONVENT [JULY, 1491] by JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE ON THE LATE S.T. COLERIDGE by WASHINGTON ALLSTON SONNET by ETIENNE DE LA BOETIE A LADY OF PARIS BORDONE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE DIVAGATOR by GAMALIEL BRADFORD SPEAK OF THE NORTH by CHARLOTTE BRONTE NOVEMBER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT A POETICAL VERSION OF A LETTER, FROM THE EARL OF ESSEX TO SOUTHAMPTON by JOHN BYROM |