THE seraph sings before the manifest
God-One, and in the burning of the Seven,
And with the full life of consummate
Heaving beneath him like a mother's
Warm with her first-born's slumber in that
The poet sings upon the earth grave-riven,
Before the naughty world, soon self-forgiven
For wronging him,--and in the darkness prest
From his own soul by worldly weights.
Even so,
Sing, seraph with the glory ! heaven is high;
Sing, poet with the sorrow ! earth is low:
The universe's inward voices cry
' Amen ' to either song of joy and woe:
Sing, seraph,--poet,--sing on equally !
The Seraph And Poet
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Poem topics: god, heaven, joy, life, mother, song, sorrow, world, soul, warm, grave, high, universe, beneath, slumber, earth, poet, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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