Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FIREFLIES, by WILLIAM HAROLD MCCREARY


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FIREFLIES, by                    
First Line: What flaming constellation gave you birth
Last Line: The mystery of stars ... And fireflies?
Subject(s): Fireflies; Glowworms


WHAT flaming constellation gave you birth,
You who belong among the Pleiades,
Wending their silent way above the earth,
One with their deep, eternal mysteries?
Has Cassiopeia been your dwelling place?
Have you once shared Orion's burning zone,
And gone astray from his unending chase
To cross uncharted centuries alone?

Or did Prometheus scorn your fitful spark,
And flick you forth into the cosmic night
To dare the haunted mazes of the dark,
And come at last, a transient, brief delight
To those who ponder under summer skies
The mystery of stars ... and fireflies?





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