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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EARTH-BOUND, by LUCILLE IREDALE CARLESON Poet's Biography First Line: You are star and fire-light Last Line: For I tell you earth will smother fire. | |||
You are star and fire-light, Why do you pause In your radiant wanderings To let this earth-bound one Dull your lustre? It would suffice Were you to leave a little smile As you passed by Some scented night. Go -- while there is yet time With a song on your lips, Lest your flame Be turned to ashes. Hold fast to your star-spun desire For I tell you earth will smother fire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN TIMES FOUR [ - MATERNITY] by JEAN INGELOW AN ANGLER'S WISH by HENRY VAN DYKE RHENISH AUTUMN; TO TOUSSAINT LUCA by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE DECLASSE by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD FAREWELL TO THE PILGRIMS by THEODORE M. BAKKE AT SHAKESPEARE'S GRAVE by IRVING BROWNE THE LORDS' MASQUE: CHORUS (1) by THOMAS CAMPION |
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