THY voice was in my soul! it called me on; O my lost friend! thy voice was in my soul: From the cold, faded world whence thou art gone, To hear no more life's troubled billows roll, I come, I come! Now speak to me again! we loved so well -- We loved! oh! still, I know that still we love! I have left all things with thy dust to dwell, Through these dim aisles in dreams of thee to rove: This is my home! Speak to me in the thrilling minster's gloom! Speak! thou hast died, and sent me no farewell! I will not shrink; oh! mighty is the tomb, But one thing mightier, which it cannot quell, This woman's heart! This lone, full, fragile heart! -- the strong alone In love and grief -- of both the burning shrine! Thou, my soul's friend! with grief hast surely done, But with the love which made thy spirit mine, Say, couldst thou part? -- I hear the rustling banners; and I hear The wind's low singing through the fretted stone; I hear not thee; and yet I feel thee near -- What is this bound that keeps thee from thine own? Breathe it away! I wait thee -- I adjure thee! hast thou known How I have loved thee? couldst thou dream it all? Am I not here, with night and death alone, And fearing not? and hath my spirit's call O'er thine no sway? Thou canst not come! or thus I should not weep! Thy love is deathless -- but no longer free! Soon would its wing triumphantly o'ersweep The viewless barrier, if such power might be, Soon, soon, and fast! But I shall come to thee! our soul's deep dreams, Our young affections, have not gushed in vain; Soon in one tide shall blend the severed streams, The worn heart break its bonds -- and death and pain Be with the past! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHY I AM A LIBERAL by ROBERT BROWNING THE SONNET by RICHARD WATSON GILDER TO ANTHEA [WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING] by ROBERT HERRICK THE MAY MAGNIFICAT by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE NYMPH COMPLAINING FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAUN [OR, FAWN] by ANDREW MARVELL |