As the flight of a river
That flows to the sea
My soul rushes ever
In tumult to thee.
A twofold existence
I am where thou art:
My heart in the distance
Beats close to thy heart.
Look up, I am near thee,
I gaze on thy face:
I see thee, I hear thee,
I feel thine embrace.
As the magnet’s control on
The steel it draws to it,
Is the charm of thy soul on
The thoughts that pursue it.
And absence but brightens
The eyes that I miss,
And custom but heightens
The spell of thy kiss.
It is not from duty,
Though that may be owed,-
It is not from beauty,
Though that be bestowed:
But all that I care for,
And all that I know,
Is that, without wherefore,
I worship thee so.
Through granite it breaketh
A tree to the ray:
As a dreamer forsaketh
The grief of the day,
My soul in its fever
Escapes unto thee:
O dream to the griever!
O light to the tree!
A twofold existence
I am where thou art:
Hark, hear in the distance
The beat of my heart!
(Edward George Bulwer-Lytton)
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