Not in This World to See His Face
Not in This World to See His Face - meaning Summary
Content with Simple Love
The speaker reflects on a line about never seeing a beloved’s face in this world and reframes it as an introduction to a fuller, unopened life. Rather than craving expansive knowledge or heavenly visions, she values a modest, intimate connection symbolized by a primer and the alphabet. She accepts limited, domestic affection and willingly lets the beloved keep grander realms for himself.
Read Complete AnalysesNot in this world to see his face Sounds long, until I read the place Where this is said to be But just the primer to a life Unopened, rare, upon the shelf, Clasped yet to him and me. And yet, my primer suits me so I would not choose a book to know Than that, be sweeter wise; Might some one else so learned be. And leave me just my A B C, Himself could have the skies.
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