IT is too calm to be a dream, Too gravely sweet, too full of power, Prayer changed to praise this very hour! Yes, heard and answered! though it seem Beyond the hope of yesterday, Beyond the faith that dared to pray, Yet not beyond the love that heard, And not beyond the faithful word On which each trembling prayer may rest, And win the answer truly best. Yes, heard and answered! sought and found! I breathe a golden atmosphere Of solemn joy, and seem to hear Within, above, and all around, The chime of deep cathedral bells, An early herald peal that tells A glorious Easter tide begun; While yet are sparkling in the sun Large raindrops of the night storm passed, And days of Lent are gone at last. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONLY ONE MOTHER by GEORGE COOPER GOOD FRIDAY, 1613. RIDING WESTWARD by JOHN DONNE CONSCIENCE AND REMORSE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE OLD CUMBERLAND BEGGAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH MILTONIC by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT ROMANCE OF BRUNETTES AND BLONDES by JACQUES BARON THIRD REUNION POEM by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE ON THE DEATH OF ANNE BRONTE by CHARLOTTE BRONTE THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: 'PRENSUS IN AEGAEO' by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |