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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUALITY, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE
First Line: While feet plod down dim paths of earth
Last Line: Clay-bound, but destined to arise.
Subject(s): Humanity; Mortality; Soul
First Line: While feet plod down dim paths of earth
Last Line: Clay-bound, but destined to arise.
Subject(s): Humanity; Mortality; Soul
While feet plod down dim paths of earth,
The soul is striving for the skies—
A spark divine with mortal birth,
Clay-bound, but destined to arise.
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