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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHOENIX, by RACHEL BALDWIN First Line: Something is yet alive, that may not die Last Line: Again the dream, as from celestial fire. | |||
Something is yet alive, that may not die While mind awakens still to hear the song, And feeling hot the stir of lyric wine Forgets the hours were dark, the years were long. Something will stand to be immortal self, With spirit free of bond, the old rage gone That burned to ash the vital heart of life, Where dreams were fuel for it to feed upon. For that which savored death and joy will know The highest Thought, attuned to all desire: The dreams that fall to broken earth will shape Again the Dream, as from celestial fire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST LEAF by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES TO AN INSECT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES PICCADILLY CIRCUS AT NIGHT: STREETWALKERS by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN SIR JOHN FRANKLIN; ON THE CENTOTAPH IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALFRED TENNYSON CITY ROOFS by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE |
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