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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARIEL'S REVENGE, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE
First Line: In olden time sprite ariel would fly
Last Line: T is thou hast freed us, and we love thee well!
Subject(s): Angels; Forgiveness; Humanity; Love; Clemency
First Line: In olden time sprite ariel would fly
Last Line: T is thou hast freed us, and we love thee well!
Subject(s): Angels; Forgiveness; Humanity; Love; Clemency
IN olden time sprite Ariel would fly
To do his Master's bidding, far and high;
But that was ere Man looked at him askance,
And changed him to a shadow-of-romance.
Long Ariel endured his friendless fate,
But a strange miracle has happened late:
The restless prisoner has broke his span
And flown into the very heart of Man,
Making us mad our new-felt wings to try,—
We rise, we dive, we climb, we mount the sky!
Forgive us, Aviator Ariel,—
'T is thou hast freed us, and we love thee well!
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