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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SACRIFICE, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: Those delicate wanderers
Last Line: The silence of the height.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes
First Line: Those delicate wanderers
Last Line: The silence of the height.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes
Those delicate wanderers,
The wind, the star, the cloud,
Ever before mine eyes,
As to an altar bowed,
Light and dew-laden airs,
Offer in sacrifice.
The offerings arise:
Hazes of rainbow light,
Pure crystal, blue and gold,
Through dreamland take their flight;
And 'mid the sacrifice
God moveth as of old.
In miracles of fire
He symbols forth His days;
In gleams of crystal light
Reveals what pure pathways
Lead to the soul's desire,
The silence of the height.
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