Heaven and Earth, A MYSTERY. FOUNDED ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE IN GENESIS, CHAP. VI. And it came to pass..... that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they And woman wailing for her demon lover.-COLERIDGE. Unto some son of clay, and toil and spin! ANAH. I should have loved Azaziel not less were he mortal: yet I am glad he is not. I cannot outlive him. Of the poor child of clay which so adored him, As he adores the Highest, death becomes Less terrible; but yet I pity him; His grief will be of ages, or at least Mine would be such for him, were I the seraph, AHOLIBAMAH. Rather say, That he will single forth some other daughter ANAH. And if it should be so, and she so loved him, AHOLIBAMAH. If I thought thus of Samiasa's love, Seraph! ANAH. From thy sphere! Whatever star contain thy glory; In the eternal depths of heaven Oh! think of her who holds thee dear! Thou canst not tell,-and never be Thou walk'st thy many worlds, thou see'st The Archangels, said to be seven in number Heaven and Earth, A MYSTERY. FOUNDED ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE IN GENESIS, CHAP. VI. And it came to pass..... that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they And woman wailing for her demon lover.-COLERIDGE. I call thee, I await thee, and I love thee. Many worship thee, that will I not: If that thy spirit down to mine may move thee, Descend and share my lot! Though I be form'd of clay, More bright than those of day Thine immortality can not repay My love. There is a ray In me, which, though forbidden yet to shine, It may be hidden long: death and decay Our mother Eve bequeath'd us-but my heart I feel my immortality o'ersweep Into my ears this truth-« thou livest for ever!>> I know not, nor would know; That secret rests with the Almighty giver Who folds in clouds the fonts of bliss and woe. But thee and me He never can destroy; Change us He may, but not o'erwhelm; we are Of as eternal essence, and must war With Him if He will war with us; with thee I can share all things, even immortal sorrow; For thou hast ventured to share life with me, And shall I shrink from thine eternity? No! though the serpent's sting should pierce me thorough, And thou thyself wert like the serpent, coil And curse thee not; but hold A mortal's love For an immortal. If the skies contain ANAH. Sister sister! I view them winging ABOLIBAMAH. The clouds from off their pinions flinging As though they bore to-morrow's light. ANAH. But if our father see the sight! AHOLIBAMAH. He would but deem it was the moon ANAH. They come! he comes!-Azaziel! AHOLIBAMAH. Haste To meet them! Oh! for wings to bear ANAH. Lo! they have kindled all the west, On Ararat's late secret crest A mild and many-colourd bow, The remnant of their flashing path, Now shines! and now, behold! it hath Return'd to night, as rippling foam, Which the leviathan hath lash'd From his unfathomable home, When sporting on the face of the calm deep, Subsides soon after he again hath dash'd Down, down, to where the ocean's fountains sleep. I must proceed alone. IRAD. Then peace be with thee! [Exit IRAD. JAPHET (solus). Peace! I have sought it where it should be found, Have come upon me. Peace! what peace? the calm The untrodden forest, only broken by The sweeping tempest through its groaning boughs; Of my mind overworn. The earth's grown wicked, To perishable beings. Oh, my Anah! When the dread hour denounced shall open wide The fountains of the deep, how mightest thou Have lain within this bosom, folded from The elements; this bosom, which in vain Hath beat for thee, and then will beat more vainly, |