ALL before us lies the way; Give the past unto the wind; All before us is the day, Night and darkness are behind. Eden with its angels bold, Love and flowers and coolest sea, Is less an ancient story told Than a glowing prophecy. In the spirit's perfect air, In the passions tame and kind, Innocence from selfish care, The real Eden we shall find. When the soul to sin hath died, True and beautiful and sound, Then all earth is sanctified, Upsprings paradise around. From the spirit-land afar All disturbing force shall flee; Stir, nor toil, nor hope shall mar Its immortal unity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 25 by THOMAS CAMPION THE BIRTHNIGHT: TO F by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS' by SARA TEASDALE FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SORROW by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE GHOST OF ABEL; A RELATION IN THE VISIONS OF JEHOVAH by WILLIAM BLAKE TRUST by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN RAWDON BROWN by ROBERT BROWNING |