Beat upward to God's throne

It is interesting to consider the piety of this poem in relation to the other Romantic poets. It is, as the title suggests, about grief and how we should deal with it. Browning does not seem to have much sympathy for people incapable of overcoming their pain in dealing with loss; the existential crisis that an individual may face during grief is a result of his or her own weakness, and not from some failing on God's part. Faith in God results in an eradication of grief, a way to transcend suffering and to justify existence. William Blake, in On Another's Sorrow reflects the same sentiments as Browning, stating, "That our grief He may destroy." I am not sure whether or not Blake necessarily has a lot of conviction in his poem's sentiments, since it appears with the Songs of Innocence, which are each contrasted by the more cynical Songs of Experience.