OH, for a burst of song, Exultant, deep, and strong, One gush of music's billowy might, To bear my soul away Into the realms of day, From these dim glacier-caves of Life's cold night! Oh, for a sunset strain Wafted o'er slumberous main, To enter, spirit-like, my prisoned heart, And there, with viewless hand, Unloose each mortal band, That in the songs of heaven I too might learn a part! The sweetest music here Calls forth the quiet tear, For grief and gladness flow in blended stream; Oh for the joyous day (Can it be far away?) When one great Alleluia song shall chase Life's tuneless dream! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HELEN, THE SAD QUEEN by PAUL VALERY THE SABBATH LAMP by GRACE AGUILAR EN TOUR; A SONG SEQUENCE: 1. THE GARGOYLE by ALBERTA BANCROFT REMARKS TO THE BACK OF A PEW by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE BOOK OF EXODUS: SONG OF THE SEA by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE NAME by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH LINES TO MRS. KEMBLE, IN THE CHARACTER OF YARICO by ROBERT BURNS |