THROUGH the storm -- and beyond! When the crystal air is heaven's own wine, Vital with breezes, all divine With the refluent glory of gleam and shine; -- O, but the heart must sing! Through the pain -- and beyond! When the pulses swell with the incoming flow Of the tide of life that had ebbed so low, And the dawn of a richer youth's aglow; -- O, but the heart must sing! Through the loss -- and beyond! When the unguessed gain asserts its power, And the soul that faltered in failure's hour Knows itself and its deathless dower; -- O, but the heart must sing! Through the grief -- and beyond! When God, who hid the beloved face, Folds His child in His own embrace, And an angel is felt in the vacant place; -- O, but the heart must sing! Through the sin -- and beyond! When the fetters have fall'n by the open door, And the spirit stands upright once more, And the balm of Christ has healed the sore; -- O, but the heart must sing! Through despair -- and beyond! Thou God of God and Light of Light, To Thee, in Thy mercy infinite, In Thy tested strength and Thy proven might, -- O, but the heart must sing! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INSCRIPTIONS: 1. FOR A GROTTO by MARK AKENSIDE SPRING by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 56 by EDWARD TAYLOR DECEMBER by ELIZABETH V. AUVACHE LOUISA; A TALE by JANE BOWDLER |