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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FALLEN STAR, by GEORGE DARLEY Poet's Biography First Line: A star is gone! A star is gone! Last Line: Who fell just now from heaven. Subject(s): Stars | |||
A star is gone! a star is gone! There is a blank in Heaven, One of the cherub choir has done His airy course this even'. He sat upon the orb of fire That hung for ages there, And lent his music to the choir That haunts the nightly air. But when his thousand years are passed, With a cherubic sigh, He vanished with his car at last-- For even cherubs die! Hear how his angel-brothers mourn-- The minstrels of the spheres-- Each chiming sadly in his turn And dropping splendid tears. The planetary sisters all Join in the fatal song, And weep this hapless brother's fall, Who sang with them so long. But deepest of the choral band The Lunar Spirit sings, And with a bass-according hand Sweeps all her sullen strings. From the deep chambers of the dome Where sleepless Uriel lies, His rude harmonic thunders come, Mingled with mighty sighs. The thousand car-borne cherubim, The wandering Eleven, All join to chant the dirge of him Who fell just now from Heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EPIC STARS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HYMN TO THE STARS by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE by JAMES GALVIN TO SEE THE STARS IN DAYLIGHT by JAMES GALVIN ETHELSTAN: RUNILDA'S CHANT by GEORGE DARLEY |
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