See, the pretty Planet! Floating sphere! Faintest breeze will fan it Far or near. World as light as feather; Moonshine rays, Rainbow tints together, As it plays; Drooping, sinking, failing, Nigh to earth, Mounting, whirling, sailing, Full of mirth; Life there, welling, flowing, Waving round; Pictures coming, going, Without sound. Quick now, be this airy Globe repell'd! Never can the fairy Star be held. Touch'd -- it in a twinkle Disappears! Leaving but a sprinkle, As of tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND by HENRY FIELDING AUTUMN DAY by RAINER MARIA RILKE THE HYMNARY: 361. ST. JOHN BAPTIST by BEDE PSALM 73: INTRODUCTORY LINES by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE LAME CHILD by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. A DREAM OF HUMAN LIFE by EDWARD CARPENTER |