Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VISION OF LOUKIANOS, THE ARMENIAN, by THOMAS WALSH First Line: When unto heaven the souls elect take flight Last Line: So I may breathe the perfumes of that land. Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett Subject(s): Death; Future Life; God; Heaven; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Paradise | ||||||||
WHEN unto heaven the souls elect take flight The Master keeps the promise He hath made; He binds their brows with diadems of light; He decks their hands with ruby rings and jade. Angels and virgins greet them with their songs; The strings eternal glad them with sweet sound; Like stars agleam they see the saints in throngs And float with them in ecstasy profound. Upon this dream are anchored all my joys; Come, Mother Mary, take me by the hand And lead me out where heaven its bloom deploys, So I may breathe the perfumes of that land. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A BALLAD OF OLD POPE JOHN by THOMAS WALSH |
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