John Hall Wheelock Poems
- 1. The Unknown Belovèd
I dreamed I passed a doorway
Where, for a sign of death,
White ribbons one was binding
About a flowery wreath.
... - 2. Nirvana
Sleep on-I lie at heaven's high oriels,
Over the stars that murmur as they go
Lighting your lattice-window far below;
And every star some of the glory spells
... - 3. Love Knocks At The Door
In the pain, in the loneliness of love,
To the heart of my sweet I fled.
I knocked at the door of her living heart,
“Let in-let in-” I said.
... - 4. Life
Life burns us up like fire,
And Song goes up in flame:
The radiant body smoulders
To the ashes whence it came.
... - 5. Exile From God
I do not fear to lay my body down
In death, to share
The life of the dark earth and lose my own,
If God is there.
... - 6. Earth
Grasshopper, your fairy song
And my poem alike belong
To the dark and silent earth
From which all poetry has birth;
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