There went most passionately to Life, Impellance,
And thrilled it with the high perception of divines;
And through a blight of gloom its request fought for
Heaven, its hospice, light, investure ante-natal,
And hope, impact of fathom, lucid suavity.
From: https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/life-and-impellance
Date: 1883
By: William Frederick Stevenson (fl. 1883)