SUNSHINE and silence on the Col de Balm! I stood above the mists, above the rush Of all the torrents, when one marvellous hush Filled God's great mountain temple, vast and calm, With hallelujah light, as seen through silent psalm: -- Crossed with one discord, only one. For Love Cried out, and would be heard. "DdIf ye were here, O friends, so far away and yet so near, Then were the anthem perfect!" And the cry Threaded the concords of that Alpine harmony. Not vain the same fond cry if first I stand Upon the mountain of our God, and long, Even in the glory, and with His new song Upon my lips, that you should come and share The bliss of heaven, imperfect still till all are there. Dear ones! shall it be mine to watch you come Up from the shadows and the valley mist, To tread the jacinth and the amethyst, To rest and sing upon the stormless height, In the deep calm of love and everlasting light? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SERVANT TO SERVANTS by ROBERT FROST SHELLEY'S SKYLARK by THOMAS HARDY TO ANTHEA [WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING] by ROBERT HERRICK THE LOVER COMFORTETH HIMSELF WITH THE WORTHINESS OF HIS LOVE by HENRY HOWARD THE MAN CHRIST by THERESE (KARPER) LINDSEY A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET; OCTOBER, 1746 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW WHERE SHALL I DIE? by MARIA ABDY |