My Lyrical Life Poems Old and New. By Gerald Massey |
 | 1. |
|
|
|
|
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| VIII. |
| IX. |
| X. |
| XI. |
| XII. |
| XIII. |
| XIV. |
| XV. |
| XVI. |
| XVII. |
|
|
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| 2. |
|
|
|
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| VIII. |
| IX. |
| X. |
| XI. |
| XII. |
|
|
|
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| VIII. |
| IX. |
| X. |
| XI. |
| XII. |
| XIII. |
| XIV. |
| XV. |
| XVI. |
| XVII. |
| XVIII. |
| XIX. |
| XX. |
|
|
ONWARD AND SUNWARD. |
|
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| VIII. |
| IX. |
| X. |
| XI. |
| XII. |
| XIII. |
| XIV. |
| XV. |
| XVI. |
| XVII. |
| XVIII. |
| XIX. |
| XX. |
| XXI. |
|
|
 | My Lyrical Life |  |
ONWARD AND SUNWARD.
“
Tell
me the song of the beautiful Stars,
As grandly they glide on their blue way above us,
Looking, despite of our spirit's sin-scars,
Down on us here as if yearning to love us!”
This is the song in their work-worship sung,
All through the world-jewelled universe rung:
“Onward for ever, for evermore onward,”
And ever they open their loving eyes Sunward.
As grandly they glide on their blue way above us,
Looking, despite of our spirit's sin-scars,
Down on us here as if yearning to love us!”
271
All through the world-jewelled universe rung:
“Onward for ever, for evermore onward,”
And ever they open their loving eyes Sunward.
“Onward,” shouts Earth, with her myriad voices
Of music, aye answering the song of the Seven,
As like a winged child of God's love she rejoices,
Swinging her Censer of glory in heaven.
And lo, it is writ by the finger of God,
In sunbeams and flowers on the smiling green sod:
“Onward for ever, for evermore onward,”
And ever she turneth all trustfully Sunward.
Of music, aye answering the song of the Seven,
As like a winged child of God's love she rejoices,
Swinging her Censer of glory in heaven.
And lo, it is writ by the finger of God,
In sunbeams and flowers on the smiling green sod:
“Onward for ever, for evermore onward,”
And ever she turneth all trustfully Sunward.
The mightiest souls of all time hover o'er us,
Who laboured like Gods among men, and have gone
With great bursts of sun on the dark way before us:
They're with us, still with us, our battle fight on,
Looking down victor-browed, from the glory-crowned hill,
They beckon and beacon us on, onward still:
And the true heart's aspirings are onward, still onward;
It turns to the Future, as earth turneth Sunward.
Who laboured like Gods among men, and have gone
With great bursts of sun on the dark way before us:
They're with us, still with us, our battle fight on,
Looking down victor-browed, from the glory-crowned hill,
They beckon and beacon us on, onward still:
And the true heart's aspirings are onward, still onward;
It turns to the Future, as earth turneth Sunward.
| My Lyrical Life | |