Uplift in unparticipated night Oh indefinable Being! far retired From mortal ken in uncreated light: While demonstrating glories unacquired When shall the wavering sciences evolve The infinite secret, Thee? What mind shall scan The tenour of Thy workmanship, or solve The dark, perplexing destiny of man? Oh! in the hereafter border-land of wonder, Shall the proud world's inveterate tale be told, The curtain of all mysteries torn asunder, The cerements from the living soul unrolled? Impatient questioner, soon, soon shall death Reveal to thee these dim phantasmata of faith. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ANOTHER SPRING by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI AFTER LONG SILENCE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ST. MARTIN'S WALL by ANTON ALEXANDER VON AUERSPERG THE CARPERS (AN ASPECT) by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |