Like silver shafts imprisoned in a fine Wrought vase of filigree, a wayward flame Unfurled, and escaped like eager wine And leapt in silver rivers to my heart. It came In lightning lashes to pursue me And lifted me in quivering, jealous flight Above the sordid world, to mystery And rainbow clouds of crystal liquid light. And from the misty dais of a dream My flow'ring heart became a glowing star; Reflections of a live transfixèd gleam That bound my world—immortal bar! And high I soar! Love-pennons for my wings. Listen! Listen! The whole world sings! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COMPARISON by WILLIAM COWPER HOLIDAY AT HAMPTON COURT by JOHN DAVIDSON CHRISMUS IS A-COMIN' by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SONNET: 71 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE MORAL FABLES: THE TRIAL OF THE FOX by AESOP THE LAST LOOK O' HAME by HEW AINSLIE |