SPIRIT beloved! whose wing so soon hath flown The joyless precincts of this earthly sphere, How is yon Heaven eternally thine own, Whilst I deplore thy loss, a captive here! Oh! if allowed in thy divine abode Of aught on earth an image to retain, Remember still the fervent love which glowed In my fond bosom, pure from every stain. And if thou deem that all my faithful grief, Caused by thy loss, and hopeless of relief, Can merit thee, sweet native of the skies! Oh! ask of Heaven, which called thee soon away. That I may join thee in those realms of day, Swiftly as @3thou@1 hast vanished from mine eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOTHING WILL CURE THE SICK LION BUT TO EAT AN APE' by MARIANNE MOORE THE OLD VICARAGE, GRANTCHESTER by RUPERT BROOKE THE MARIPOSA LILY by INA DONNA COOLBRITH JOY OF THE MORNING by EDWIN MARKHAM A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING by JOHN SUCKLING INDIAN SUMMER (2) by JOHN BANISTER TABB IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 25 by ALFRED TENNYSON |