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A SONG OF FLIGHT by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHILE WE SLUMBER AND SLEEP
Last Line: AND HOME LIES BEYOND THE STARS AND THE SEA.
Subject(s): FLIGHT; FLYING;
WHILE we slumber and sleep
The sun leaps up from the deep --
Daylight born at the leap! --
Rapid, dominant, free,
Athirst to bathe in the uttermost sea.

While we linger at play --
If the year would stand at May! --
Winds are up and away
Over land, over sea,
To their goal wherever their goal may be.

It is time to arise,
To race for the promised prize, --
The Sun flies, the Wind flies --
We are strong, we are free,
And home lies beyond the stars and the sea.



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