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The spirit knows no geographic line
No far nor near in measures of the and
The Loved may pass to starry deep beyond
The Pleiades and still be guest of mine;
For love is omnipresence and divine
Clairvoyance, an indissoluble bond
And bids the soul in. sorrow “ne’er. Despond,”
Earth and the Heavens in one fair world combine.
The electric cord that runs from heart to heart,
Here and Beyond, ignores our time and space;
Conscious of vital union, not of place,
No power but love’s surcease the loved can part
What soul thou lovest, where’er he roam
In the broad universe, hath still with thee his Home.
- Title
- Solved
- First Line
- The spirit knows no geographic line
- Creator
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George Shepard Burleigh
- Bibliographic Citation
- George S. Burleigh Papers, 1825-1902. John Hay Library, Brown University. Miscellaneous Manuscripts, "Sa-Sp" folder, HA 979
- Date
- 1897
- Subject
- Love
- Death
- Soul
- Philosophy
- Comments
- Precise date of December 22, 1897
- Sonnet form
- This is a genuine puzzle. The manuscript has the number "II" atop this poem, so I assume it was part of a set of (at least) two sonnets. But I do not know what the other one is. I could attempt some handwriting and paper comparisons, but it hardly seems worth the effort at this point.
- Rating
- ★★★
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