Is man unto another wholly given, Though man should will it so? In watchful nights I sought the word, and still the word was no. By none possessed, and as a stranger driven From hearts I could not know -- Lamenting thus, a sudden sign was on my lips, and lo! I said, 'May God and I not go, In daily tenderness to grow, As lovers from this moment even?' Ah! fearful joy to gather, and bestow, -- A waif of love no more to travel to and fro, But walk with God on earth, foretasting heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GETHSEMANE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SIGNATURE OF LOVE by KAREN SWENSON TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE THIRD DAY: SCANDERBERG by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A RONDEL OF LUVE [LOVE] by ALEXANDER SCOTT (1520-1590) PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 31. AL-LATIF by EDWIN ARNOLD THE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL by CLARA BECK |