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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE STARS THAT HAVE GONE OUT, by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET First Line: Curious eyes of those blue skyey spaces Last Line: The ghost of a sign to the ghost of a star there? Alternate Author Name(s): Foeth, Afanasy Afanasyveicht; Fet, Afanasy | |||
CURIOUS eyes of those blue skyey spaces, Tell me how long shall your glimmer inspire me? Long shall I feel, that in night's holy places Nothing is nobler or fairer to fire me. Quenched in some era forgotten, you may be Nothing at all, though you still flame afar there; -- This dead man's songs to you flying, shall they be The ghost of a sign to the ghost of a star there? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SWALLOWS by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET THE PRISONER by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET GARDEN FANCIES: 1. THE FLOWER'S NAME by ROBERT BROWNING SONG FOR JULY 12TH, 1843 by JOHN DE JEAN FRAZER SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 1. AT TEA by THOMAS HARDY THE PROUD MISS MACBRIDE; A LEGEND OF GOTHAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE THERMOPYLAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS AS NIGHT COMES by CHARLES G. ADAMS |
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