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SONGS OUT OF SORROW: REFUGE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: From my spirit's gray defeat
Last Line: My fragile immortality.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Variant Title(s): Spirit's House
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


From my spirit's gray defeat,
From my pulse's flagging beat,
From my hopes that turned to sand
Sifting through my close-clenched hand,
From my own fault's slavery,
If I can sing, I still am free.

For with my singing I can make
A refuge for my spirit's sake,
A house of shining words, to be
My fragile immortality.







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