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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRISONER, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: See, though the oil be low, more purely still and higher Last Line: Farewell, lightbringer, fly to hy heaven again Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Variant Title(s): Terence Macswine Subject(s): Macswiney, Terence James (1879-1920) | |||
BRIXTON, SEPTEMBER 1920 SEE, though the oil be low, more purely still and higher The flame burns in the body's lamp. The watchers still Gaze with unseeing eyes while the Promethean will, The Uncreated Light, the Everlasting Fire, Sustain themselves against the torturer's desire, Even as the fabled Titan chained upon the hill. Burn on, shine here, thou immortality, until We too can light our lamps at the funereal pyre; Till we too can be noble, unshakeable, undismayed; Till we too can burn with the holy flame, and know There is that within us can conquer the dragon pain, And go to death alone, slowly and unafraid. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROLIC by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL IMMORTALITY by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL RECONCILIATION by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL SACRIFICE by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL THE GIFT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A CALL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A FAREWELL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A HOLY HILL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A LAST COUNSEL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A LEADER by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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