The name of all our lives and loves. 5 The heirs elect of Love, whose names belong All ye wise souls, who in the wealthy breast And be all wing; Bring hither thy whole self; and let me see What of thy parent Heaven yet speaks in thee. O thou art poor Of noble powers, I see, And full of nothing else but empty me: Than this great morning's mighty business. (Alas!) will never do; 25 We must have store. Go, Soul, out of thyself, and seek for more. Great Nature for the key of her huge chest 8 Of nimble Art, and traverse round The airy shop of soul-appeasing sound: All-sovereign name, To warn each several kind And shape of sweetness, be they such Or answer artful touch; 0 That they convene and come away To wait at the love-crowned doors of this illustrious day. Start into life, and leap with me Into a hasty fit-tuned harmony. Nor must you think it much T'obey my bolder touch; 50 I have authority in Love's name to take you, Wake, in the name Of Him Who never sleeps, all things that are, Are musical; Answer my call And come along ; Help me to meditate mine immortal song. Come, ye soft ministers of sweet sad mirth, o Bring all your household-stuff of Heaven on earth; O you, my Soul's most certain wings, Bring all the store Of sweets you have; and murmur that you have no more. 5 Come, ne'er to part, Nature and Art! Come; and come strong, To the conspiracy of our spacious song. Your provinces of well-united worlds can raise ; Vessels of vocal joys, Or you, more noble architects of intellectual noise, 75 And when you are come, with all That you can bring or we can call: O may you fix For ever here, and mix Yourselves into the long 80 And everlasting series of a deathless song; Mix all your many worlds above, And loose them into one of love. $5 Cheer thee my heart! For thou too hast thy part And place in the Great Throng Of this unbounded all-embracing song. Powers of my soul, be proud! 90 And speak loud To all the dear-bought Nations this redeeming Name, New similes to Nature. May it be no wrong, A while dare borrow The name of your delights, and our desires, And fit it to so far inferior lyres. Our murmurs have their music too, 100 Seraphim Of a poor panting turtle-dove./05. And we, low worms, have leave to do The same bright business (ye Third Heavens) with you. Gentle spirits, do not complain ! We will have care To keep it fair, 110 And send it back to you again. Come, lovely Name! Appear from forth the bright Regions of peaceful light; Look from Thine Own illustrious home, Fair King of names, and come:// Leave all Thy native glories in their gorgeous (nest, And give Thy Self a while the gracious Guest When Thou art Master of the mind. Dearest Sweet, and come away. Lo, how the thirsty lands 125 Gasp for Thy golden showers! with long-stretch'd hands. Lo, how the labouring Earth That hopes to be All Heaven by Thee, 130 Leaps at Thy birth ! The attending World, to wait Thy rise, First turn'd to eyes; And then, not knowing what to do, Turn'd them to tears, and spent them too. 135 Come royal Name; and pay the expense O come away And kill the death of this delay! O see so many worlds of barren years 140 |