Out of the nothingness of sleep, <br /> The slow dreams of Eternity, <br />There was a thunder on the deep: <br /> I came, because you called to me. <br /> <br />I broke the Night's primeval bars, <br /> I dared the old abysmal curse, <br />And flashed through ranks of frightened stars <br /> Suddenly on the universe! <br /> <br />The eternal silences were broken; <br /> Hell became Heaven as I passed. -- <br />What shall I give you as a token, <br /> A sign that we have met, at last? <br /> <br />I'll break and forge the stars anew, <br /> Shatter the heavens with a song; <br />Immortal in my love for you, <br /> Because I love you, very strong. <br /> <br />Your mouth shall mock the old and wise, <br /> Your laugh shall fill the world with flame, <br />I'll write upon the shrinking skies <br /> The scarlet splendour of your name, <br /> <br />Till Heaven cracks, and Hell thereunder <br /> Dies in her ultimate mad fire, <br />And darkness falls, with scornful thunder, <br /> On dreams of men and men's desire. <br /> <br />Then only in the empty spaces, <br /> Death, walking very silently, <br />Shall fear the glory of our faces <br /> Through all the dark infinity. <br /> <br />So, clothed about with perfect love, <br /> The eternal end shall find us one, <br />Alone above the Night, above <br /> The dust of the dead gods, alone.<br /><br />Rupert Brooke<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/call-the/
