Vainly my heart had with thy sorceries striven: It had no refuge from thy love, -- no Heaven But in thy fatal presence; -- from afar It owned thy power and trembled like a star O'erfraught with light and splendor. Could I deem How dark a shadow should obscure its beam? -- Could I believe that pain could ever dwell Where thy bright presence cast its blissful spell? Thou wert my proud palladium; -- could I fear The avenging Destines when thou wert near? -- @3Thou@1 wert my Destiny; -- thy song, thy fame, The wild enchantments clustering round thy name, Were my soul's heritage, its royal dower; Its glory and its kingdom and its power! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING by WILLIAM COWPER A SEA-SPELL (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 74. ST. LUKE THE PAINTER (OLD & NEW ART) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE LATTICE AT SUNRISE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE SWORD by MICHAEL JOSEPH BARRY |