Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INFLUENCE, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: As in the deeps of embryonic night Last Line: And to full birth and instant knowledge come. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Knowledge | ||||||||
As in the deeps of embryonic night, Out of unfathomable obscurities Of Nature's womb, the little life-germs rise, Pushing and pulsing upward to the light; As, when the first day dawns on waking sight, They leap to liberty and recognize The golden sunshine and the morning skies Their home and goal and heritage and right -- So do our brooding thoughts and deep desires Grow in our souls, we know not how or why; Grope for we know not what, all blind and dumb. So, when the time is ripe, and one aspires To free his thought in speech, ours hear the cry, And to full birth and instant knowledge come. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW DO YOU KNOW? by EVE MERRIAM ENLIGHTENMENT by JOSEPHINE MILES PHYSIOLOGUS by JOSEPHINE MILES A COLLEGELANDS CATECHISM by PAUL MULDOON THE BEAR AND THE MAN by ROBERT BLY A PARIS BLACKBIRD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE LIGHT THAT CAME TO LUCILLE CLIFTON by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE THE MOTHS: 1. CIRCA 1952 by NORMAN DUBIE |
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