Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MASTER SINGS, by RHYS CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: They move on tracks of never-ending light Last Line: God in his heaven bidding light arise. Variant Title(s): The Master-singers Subject(s): Religion; Singing & Singers; Theology; Songs | ||||||||
THEY move on tracks of never-ending light; They pierce the darkness with the burning thorn Of star-point and of sun; with shadows torn From wind and rain, with storm-clouds in their flight, They glut the whirlpools of abysmal night; They gather up the flaming shreds of morn; With streams and forests of a world unborn They set the hills of Eden in our sight. True poet-soul, is ought beyond your power? The very sea in all her caves is still When you, prophetic, from life's utmost hill, With song's unearthly vision in your eyes, Stretch forth your hands,a watcher on his tower, God in his heaven bidding light arise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY |
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