Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REVERIE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN


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First Line: All around me, everywhere
Last Line: "let thy soul be lost in prayer."
Subject(s): Dreams; Wandering & Wanderers; Nightmares


ALL around me, everywhere,
Through the dreamy world of air—
Underneath me, overhead,
Like the shadows of the dead,
Float the endless mysteries.

Through the russet Autumn leaves,
Where the purple twilight weaves
Wondrous webs of light and shade,
Silent cities rise and fade—
Cities without histories.

Through the tangle and the brake,
Till they meet the silver lake,
Run the merry mountain streams—
Fall like ever-fading dreams
In the ocean of the night.

O'er the mountain, through the glen,
And the city filled with men,
Float the navies of the air—
Drop their anchors everywhere
Through the silent depths of light.

Underneath them waves of sound,
With strange melody resound;
On their decks the sailors sing,
Keeping time with everything
On the earth and in the air.

And within me, like a voice,
Something bids my soul rejoice,
Saying: "Seek not to explain,
Where thy search must be in vain;
Let thy soul be lost in prayer."





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