Two souls diverse out of our human sight
Pass, followed one with love and each with wonder:
The stormy sophist with his mouth of thunder,
Clothed with loud words and mantled in the might
Of darkness and magnificence of night;
And one whose eye could smite the night in sunder,
Searching if light or no light were thereunder,
And found in love of loving-kindness light.
Duty divine and Thought with eyes of fire,
Still following Righteousness with deep desire,
Shone sole and stern before her and above--
Sure stars and sole to steer by; but more sweet
Shone lower the loveliest lamp for earthly feet--
The light of little children, and their love.

Added: Aug 16 2003 | Viewed: 1168 times | Comments (0)

Poet: Algernon Charles Swinburne
Poem: On the Deaths of Thomas Carlyle and George Eliot

There are no comments for this poem. Why not be the first one to post something about it?

Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, On the Deaths of Thomas Carlyle and George Eliot, has not yet been commented on. You can click here to be the first to post a comment about it. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!