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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SUN, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poet's Biography First Line: He rises as of old, he flings Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Sun | |||
HE rises as of old, he flings A grandeur over earth and sea, And life wakes up in lifeless things And bounds into fertility. The earth upheaves her bosom, wet With fruitful tears, and in her veins The myriad beat of life is set, And pulses with a thousand gains. He rises as of old-the stars Shrink from his pathway, and their light Fades back into the heaven that bars A glory from all mortal sight. He sinks; and round his fiery track, Where the blue heaven meets above, Their dazzling lustre eddies back, And fills the world with light and love. He rises as of old-his race Is swifter than that angel's flight Who flies in glory through the space Of stars to tell his master's might. He wearies not-but upward springs, A wonder unto those below Who walk beneath his purple wings, And live in their sustaining glow. He rises as of old--the shade Of Him who, from the highest seat Through the wild waste of chaos, made A pathway for his glowing feet; Along this path, beneath His eye, He thunders; and, as on he swims, The stars, within the boundless skies, Attend him with harmonious hymns. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST EXCESS OF SEA OR SUN OR REASON by WILLIAM MEREDITH WHY I WAKE EARLY by MARY OLIVER CONTRA MORTEM: THE SUN by HAYDEN CARRUTH SERPENT SUN EYE BEWITCHING MY EYE by AIME CESAIRE OUT OF THE SUNSET MOVEMENT by EDWARD DORN CUDDLE DOON by ALEXANDER ANDERSON A SONG FOR MY FELLOWS by ALEXANDER ANDERSON A SONG OF LABOUR; DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW-WORKERS WITH PICK AND SHOVEL by ALEXANDER ANDERSON |
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