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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYMN TO AURORA, by JULIO FLOREZ First Line: Thou heavenly butterfly / whose great and tenuous wings Last Line: To ashes day shall burn! Subject(s): Butterflies; Insects; Bugs | |||
THOU heavenly butterfly Whose great and tenuous wings Their gold and rose spread high; Thou that in ample heaven's sight Over the Andes' mighty summits flings In bland and radiant flight!— From what far garden-place, O Butterfly divine, dost race?— What heavenly branch or vine Gives thee sustaining wine?— Perchance the gardens of the night Strengthened thy wings of light?— What gleaming flower shall ease Thine infinite thirst? Perchance the golden leas Where heaven's star-blooms burst? Perchance the bright horizons filled With glorious rays, Where gold dust of thy wings is spilled O'er seas and mountain ways?— Thou heavenly butterfly Come on my breast to lie; From thy transcendant sphere Seek out our poor world here, Ere thee in winging turn To ashes day shall burn! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXHAUSTED BUG; FOR MY FATHER by ROBERT BLY PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BEETLE LIGHT; FOR DANIEL HILLEN by MADELINE DEFREES CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES THOMAS MERTON AND THE WINTER MARSH by NORMAN DUBIE |
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