Heaven And Earth Discussion Essay Example For Students

Heaven And Earth Discussion Essay A monologue from the play by Lord Byron NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Lord Byron: Six Plays. Lord Byron. Los Angeles: Black Box Press, 2007. AHOLIBAMAH: Samiasa!WheresoeerThou rulest in the upper air—Or warring with the spirits who may dareDispute with himWho made all empires, empire; or recallingSome wandering star, which shoots through the abyss,Whose tenants dying, while their world is falling,Share the dim destiny of clay in this;Or joining with the inferior cherubim,Thou deignest to partake their hymn—Samiasa!I call thee, I await thee, and I love thee.Many may worship thee, that will I not:If that thy spirit down to mine may move thee,Descend and share my lot!Though I be formd of clayAnd thou of beamsMore bright than those of dayOn Edens streams,Thine immortality can not repayWith love more warm than mineMy love. There is a rayIn me, which, though forbidden yet to shine,I feel was lighted at thy Gods and thine.It may be hidden long: death and decayOur mother Eve bequeathd us—but my heartDefies it: though this life must pass away,Is that a cause for thee and me to part?Thou art immortal—so am I: I feel—I feel my immortality oersweepAll pains, all tears, all fears, and peal,Like the eternal thunders of the deep,Into my ears this truth—Thou livst for ever!But if it be in joyI 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 oerwhelm; we areOf as eternal essence, and must warWith him if he will war with us; with theeI 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 serpents sting should pierce me through,And thou thyself wert like the serpent, coilAround me still! and I will smile,And curse thee not; but holdThee in as warm a foldAs—but descend, and proveA mortals loveFor an immortal. If the skies containMore joy than thou canst give and take, remain!