I THOUGHT to find some healing clime For her I loved; she found that shore, That city, whose inhabitants Are sick and sorrowful no more. I asked for human love for her; The Loving knew how best to still The infinite yearning of a heart, Which but infinity could fill. Such sweet communion had been ours I prayed that it might never end; My prayer is more than answered; now I have an angel for my friend. I wished for perfect peace, to soothe The troubled anguish of her breast; And, numbered with the loved and called, She entered on untroubled rest. Life was so fair a thing to her, I wept and pleaded for its stay. My wish was granted me, for lo! She hath eternal life to-day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY GARDEN by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE DEATH OF LYON by HENRY PETERSON THE LAMENTATION OF GLUMDALCLITCH FOR THE LOSS OF GRILDRIG by ALEXANDER POPE THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 47. BROKEN MUSIC by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE SURF by JURGIS BALTRUSHAITIS DELAY by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING COURAGE by MADELINE BENEDICT |