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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REMONSTRATION, by CAROLINE CUTTINO CORBIN First Line: Do not seek to confine my spirit within this small enclosure Last Line: Ere daylight wanes. | |||
Do not seek to confine my spirit within this small enclosure. I, who would fly to the utmost parts of the world And taste with eager thirst the vast unknown, Can bear no anchors. Do not weigh me down with worldly fears, Nor lean upon me with your woes. This frail substance, called my body, Will waste and die at contemplation of your tears. Say, rather, open with the doors, and let loose the chains That fetter me upon this earthly plane. I must be on my way to higher spheres Ere daylight wanes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WRITTEN IN EMERSON'S ESSAYS by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE LAMB, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE IN HARBOR by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE THE WORD by WILLIAM WALSHAM HOW ON A CHILD by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR A CLEAR MIDNIGHT by WALT WHITMAN |
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