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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EARTH-BOUND, by LUCILLE IREDALE CARLESON Poet's Biography
First Line: You are star and fire-light
Last Line: For I tell you earth will smother fire.
First Line: You are star and fire-light
Last Line: For I tell you earth will smother fire.
You are star and fire-light,
Why do you pause
In your radiant wanderings
To let this earth-bound one
Dull your lustre?
It would suffice
Were you to leave a little smile
As you passed by
Some scented night.
Go -- while there is yet time
With a song on your lips,
Lest your flame
Be turned to ashes.
Hold fast to your star-spun desire
For I tell you earth will smother fire.
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