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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RENEWAL, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY Poet's Biography First Line: As the young phoenix, duteous to his sire Last Line: To the enchanting miracles of change. Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper) Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird); Fortitude | |||
AS the young phœnix, duteous to his sire, Lifts in his beak the creature he has been, And, lifting o'er the corse broad vans for screen, Bears it to solitudes, erects a pyre, And, soon as it is wasted by the fire, Grids with disdainful claw the ashes clean; Then spreading unencumbered wings serene Mounts to the æther with renewed desire: So joyously I lift myself above The life I buried in hot flames to-day. The flames themselves are dead: and I can range Alone through the untarnished sky I love, And I trust myself, as from the grave I may, To the enchanting miracles of change. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHITNEY YOUNG by GWENDOLYN BROOKS NEVERTHELESS by MARIANNE MOORE ENDURANCE by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN FABLE: NEPTUNE AND THE MARINERS by NATHANIEL COTTON A MAIDEN'S DREAM by ROBERT GREENE THE WINNERS by RUDYARD KIPLING CYCLAMENS by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY |
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