OH, the sudden wings arising from the ploughed fields brown Showered aloft in spray of song the wild-bird twitter floats O'er the unseen fount awhile, and then comes dropping down Nigh the cool brown earth to hush enraptured notes. Far within a dome of trembling opal throbs the fire, Mistily its rain of diamond lances shed below Touches eyes and brows and faces lit with wild desire For the burning silence whither we would go. Heart, be young; once more it is the ancient joy of earth Breathes in thee and flings the wild wings sunward to the dome To the light where all the children of the fire had birth Though our hearts and footsteps wander far from home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RETALIATION by OLIVER GOLDSMITH THE MASTER by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SHIPS AT SUNSET by STANLEY E. BABB LINES WRITTEN AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE THRESHER TO THE WINDS by JOACHIM DU BELLAY THE CEREMONY OF THE PRINTER'S APPRENTICE; A GERMAN MORALITY PLAY by WILLAM BLADES |