WONDER in happy eyes Fades, fades away: And the angel-coloured skies Whisper farewell. Loveliness over the strings of the heart may stray In fugitive melodies; But Oh, the hand of the Master must not stay, Even for a breath; For to prolong one joy, or even to dwell On one rich chord of pain, Beyond the pulse of the song, would untune heaven And drown the stars in death. So youth with its love-note dies; And beauty fades in the air, To make the master-symphony immortal, And find new life and deeper wonder there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A TRUE HYMN [HYMNE] by GEORGE HERBERT STONEWALL JACKSON; MORTALLY WOUNDED AT CHANCELLORSVILLE by HERMAN MELVILLE THE PRETTY MILKMAID by MOTHER GOOSE THE VIRGINIANS OF THE VALLEY by FRANCIS ORRERY TICKNOR THE FROZEN GRAIL (TO PEARY AND HIS MEN) by ELSA BARKER |