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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA PER ASPERA!, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE First Line: To the stars through difficulties! Go, my soul Last Line: And like a giant stride on to the stars. Subject(s): God; Soul | |||
TO the stars through difficulties! Go, my soul, Straight on thy path of purpose ever higher; Retreat not from thy foes, man, beast, or fire. Fight through them! Fiercely fight thou to the goal Up that far road where constellations roll; God hath not set low limit to desire Nor stilled for thee the heavenly lute or lyre. Thou, thou! must blaze the steep trail of control. Burnish thy sword! Thy golden mail swing on, And with huge impulse burst thy racking bars. Wait not the titan tonic of the dawn, Lest it should find thee all too woe-begone; But forward now, while freshly bleed thy scars, And like a giant stride on to the stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY |
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