Sonnet: As From The Darkening Gloom A Silver Dove
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
As from the darkening gloom a silver dove
Upsoars, and darts into the eastern light,
On pinions that nought moves but pure delight,
So fled thy soul into the realms above,
Regions of peace and everlasting love;
Where happy spirits, crown'd with circlets bright
Of starry beam, and gloriously bedight,
Taste the high joy none but the blest can prove.
There thou or joinest the immortal quire
In melodies that even heaven fair
Fill with superior bliss, or, at desire,
Of the omnipotent Father, cleav'st the air
On holy message sent -- What pleasure's higher?
Wherefore does any grief our joy impair?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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