it cannot be drowned by water, and it cannot be forced to suffer the trammels of aging.Without this awareness and unity with one's love, or soul, the angry mob will "die for goodness, who have liv'd for crime." The speaker suggests that it is a crime against the soul not to live in it.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 124
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The speaker's desire always returns to the process of creating soulful masterpieces for later generations, not demonstrating his prowess to contemporaries by outward show.
The speaker also implies in the question that what he has created might, in fact, have a very short shelf life or might even bring negative criticism to him as their creator.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 125
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Suffering dreams, nightmares, and the traumas of birth and death repeated endlessly becomes boring and tiresome to the perfect soul that yearns to recognize its true self.
The speaker then declares that the troublesome repetitions of reincarnations can be avoided if the devotee realizes that "behind the wings of Thy blessings,/My soul can be safe in Thy keeping." If the devotee unites her soul with the Ultimate Reality, she regains the safety that that realization affords.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Yogananda's The Little Eternity
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