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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...FANCY IN NUBIBUS; OR, THE POET IN THE CLOUDS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE WOLF AND THE DOG by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE TO MY CHILDREN: 3 by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD ON THE BIRTH OF A FRIEND'S ELDEST SON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE SEA DREAM by WILLIAM ROSE BENET IN MEMORIAM: PAUL BRIDSON by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 8 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER by WITTER BYNNER TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. I COME FORTH FROM THE DARKNESS by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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