DEEP desire, that pierces heart and spirit to the root, Finds reluctant voice in verse that yearns like soaring fire, Takes exultant voice when music holds in high pursuit Deep desire. Keen as burns the passion of the rose whose buds respire, Strong as grows the yearning of the blossom towards the fruit, Sounds the secret half unspoken ere the deep tones tire. Slow subsides the rapture that possessed love's flower soft lute, Slow the palpitation of the triumph of the lyre: Still the soul feels burn a flame unslaked though these be mute, Deep desire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ST. JOHN'S, CAMBRIDGE; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE WORLD: A CHILD'S SONG by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS IDYLLS OF THE KING: BALIN AND BALAN by ALFRED TENNYSON BROWN OF OSSAWATOMIE [DECEMBER 2, 1859] by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER HESPERIDES by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |