O DEEP of Heaven, 't is thou alone art boundless, 'T is thou alone our balance shall not weigh, 'T is thou alone our fathom-line finds soundless, -- Whose infinite our finite must obey! Through thy blue realms and down thy starry reaches Thought voyages forth beyond thy furthest fire, And homing from no sighted shoreline, teaches Thee measureless as is the soul's desire. O deep of Heaven! No beam of Pleiad ranging Eternity may bridge thy gulf of spheres! The ceaseless hum that fills thy sleep unchanging Is rain of the innumerable years. Our worlds, our suns, our ages, -- these but stream Through thine abiding like a dateless dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE 'VITA NUOVA' OF DANTE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI CHARACTERS: MARY HOLLAND ENFIELD by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE EPIPHANY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD AUGURY by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE FESTUBERT SHRINE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN ROSE PERENNIAL by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 90 by BLISS CARMAN |