Should the Wide World Roll Away
Should the Wide World Roll Away - meaning Summary
Love Beyond Cosmic Ruin
The speaker imagines total annihilation—darkness, terror, and the loss of God, humanity, and place—but insists that none of that would matter if the beloved remained by their side. The poem compresses cosmic catastrophe into a declaration that personal love provides ultimate meaning and safety. It frames devotion as sufficient against doom, equating the loved one’s presence with existential solace and priority over everything else.
Read Complete AnalysesShould the wide world roll away Leaving black terror Limitless night, Nor God, nor man, nor place to stand Would be to me essential If thou and thy white arms were there And the fall to doom a long way.
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