To This World She Returned
poem 830
transformation
lyric poem
dreamlike
To this World she returned. But with a tinge of that A Compound manner, As a Sod Espoused a Violet, That chiefer to the Skies Than to himself, allied, Dwelt hesitating, half of Dust, And half of Day, the Bride.
To This World She Returned - meaning Summary
Half Dust, Half Day
The poem describes a woman's return to the world altered by an otherworldly quality. She comes back with a blended, compound manner likened to sod espousing a violet—rooted in earth yet oriented toward the sky. The speaker emphasizes her liminal state, caught between dust and light, earthly and celestial. The final image of a bride conveys union and ambiguity rather than simple belonging to either realm.
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