UPWARD and upward still! -- in pearly light The clouds are steeped! the vernal spirit sighs With bliss in every wind, and crystal skies Woo thee, O bird! to thy celestial height. Bird, piercing heaven with music! thy free flight Hath meaning for all bosoms; most of all For those wherein the rapture and the might Of poesy lie deep, and strive, and burn, For their high place. O heirs of genius learn From the sky's bird your way! No joy may fill @3Your@1 hearts, no gift of holy strength be won To bless @3your@1 songs, ye children of the sun! Save by the unswerving flight, upward and upward still! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LITANY OF ATLANTA by WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS THE DREARY CHANGE by WALTER SCOTT MY VERY PARTICULAR FRIEND by MARIA ABDY FABLE: 16 by ANTOINE VINCENT ARNAULT THE LAY OF SAINT MEDARD; A LEGEND OF AFRIC by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 49. THE ENGLISH RACE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE SWORD by MICHAEL JOSEPH BARRY |