Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FROM AN AEROPLANE, by STEPHEN MOONEY


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FROM AN AEROPLANE, by                    
First Line: Explore the space of vision for a second
Last Line: He sees that life is subtle, and is fair.
Subject(s): Aviation & Aviators


Explore the space of vision for a second,
Then shut your lashes quickly: now remember
The tiny symmetry you had not reckoned.
The carven lane; the silhouetted timber;

The house of sculptured ivory and beryl;
The ruby chimney where smoke rises, circling;
And there the lake, diminutive and sparkling,
A burnished glass, with neither depth nor peril.

Dismay upon the ground is lost in air:
If one fly high, if one recapture clearly
The space of vision lost to him too early,
He sees that life is subtle, and is fair.





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