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MARSH HYMNS; BETWEEN DAWN AND SUNRISE by SIDNEY LANIER

Poet Analysis

First Line: WERE SILVER PINK, AND HAD A SOUL
Last Line: SKY, MARSH, MY SOUL, AND YONDER SAIL.

Were silver pink, and had a soul,
Which soul were shy, which shyness might
A visible influence be, and roll
Through heaven and earth - 'twere thou, O light!

O rhapsody of the wraith of red,
O blush but yet in prophecy,
O sun-hint that hath overspread
Sky, marsh, my soul, and yonder sail.



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