The Poetical Works of George Barlow In Ten [Eleven] Volumes |
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BEYOND
“Not in that way!” but in the holier sense
Of all high, sacred, and eternal things.
Such love, such passion, thy fair spirit brings;
It granteth every pleasure most intense,
And every crown,—but not the crowns of kings.
It reigneth with me underneath the stars:
Its lovely grace no selfish yearning mars:
It spreadeth in the sunbeams snow-white wings.
Of all high, sacred, and eternal things.
Such love, such passion, thy fair spirit brings;
It granteth every pleasure most intense,
And every crown,—but not the crowns of kings.
It reigneth with me underneath the stars:
Its lovely grace no selfish yearning mars:
It spreadeth in the sunbeams snow-white wings.
Beyond all love of purest earth is ours;
Beyond the yearning of the rose-red flowers;
Beyond desires of days and hopes that fall:
Beyond time's victories—yea, beyond them all!
Beyond the future: yea, beyond the tomb
Begins our passionate love-flower's fullest bloom.
Beyond the yearning of the rose-red flowers;
Beyond desires of days and hopes that fall:
Beyond time's victories—yea, beyond them all!
Beyond the future: yea, beyond the tomb
Begins our passionate love-flower's fullest bloom.
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