Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SCEPTIC, by STANLEY BURNSHAW


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SCEPTIC, by                    
First Line: Let those who know for certain that the sea
Last Line: By.
Subject(s): Moon; Spring


Let those who know for certain that the sea
Is moon-reined water, that the beach is sand
And heaven is a windy canopy
Dangling above the rain-worn face of land, --
Let those whose minds are firm and sure, command
Our dreams to die if that would make us free;
Let them prepare us; make us understand;
Blow light across our eyes and make us see!

We shall remember what they say of night
And Spring and storm; but some still words will pass Within us when we walk
beneath the sky:
Storm is a wild hill running mad with fright:
Spring is a golden fire in the grass: Night is a stream of dark wind moving
by.





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