Living
Light and Dark
From The Divine Vision (1904)
Living
Not the soul that's whitest
Wakens love the sweetest:
When the heart is lightest
Oft the charm is fleetest.
While the snow-frail maiden,
Waits the time of learning,
To the passion laden
Turn with eager yearning.
While the heart is burning
Heaven with earth is banded:
To the stars returning
Go not empty-handed.
Ah, the snow-frail maiden!
Somehow truth has missed her,
Left the heart unladen
For its burdened sister.
Cite this poem
MLA
George William Russell (A.E.). “Light and Dark.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/russell_ge/37/.
Chicago
George William Russell (A.E.). “Light and Dark.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/russell_ge/37/.
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