Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ILLUSIONS, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: Go stand at night upon an ocean craft Last Line: Sweep on serene the old unenvious stars! Subject(s): Life | ||||||||
Go stand at night upon an ocean craft, And watch the folds of its imperial train Catching in fleecy foam a thousand glows-- A miracle of fire unquenched by sea. There in bewildering turbulence of change Whirls the whole firmament, till as you gaze, All else unseen, it is as heaven itself Had lost its poise, and each unanchored star In phantom haste flees to the horizon line. What dupes we are of the deceiving eye! How many a light men wonderingly acclaim Is but the phosphor of the path Life makes With its own motion, while above, forgot, Sweep on serene the old unenvious stars! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW AN ENGLISH MOTHER by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON |
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