Whether awaken'd from unquiet rest I watch "the opening eyelids of the Morn," When thou, O Sun! from Ocean's silver'd breast Emerging, bidst another day be born -- Or whether in thy path of cloudless blue, Thy noontide fires I mark with dazzled eyes; Or to the West thy radiant course pursue, Veil'd in the gorgeous broidery of the skies, Celestial lamp! thy influence bright and warm That renovates the world with life and light Shines not for me -- for never more the form I loved -- so fondly loved, shall bless my sight; And nought thy rays illumine, now can charm My misery, or to day convert my night! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOKEN AT A CASTLE GATE by DONALD (GRADY) DAVIDSON TO HORACE BUMSTEAD by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON FORECLOSURE by STERLING ALLEN BROWN EPIGRAM: 59. ON SPIES by BEN JONSON MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 2 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE WORLD (1) by HENRY VAUGHAN PASSED BY by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |