Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ETHER, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN


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First Line: Pure air the soul demands
Last Line: Heaven's dome of blue.
Subject(s): Heaven; Soul; Paradise


PURE air the soul demands,
And cloudless light:
Who to himself can say
Bravely, "Thou must!"
Austere compulsion turns
To sweet delight;
He breathes the mountain-air
Of duty loved,
Nobly obeyed.
O'er all the crystal sphere,
Radiant above him springs
From the rude earth below,
Heaven's dome of blue.





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