Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REMONSTRATION, by CAROLINE CUTTINO CORBIN


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REMONSTRATION, by                    
First Line: Do not seek to confine my spirit within this small enclosure
Last Line: Ere daylight wanes.


Do not seek to confine my spirit within this small enclosure.
I, who would fly to the utmost parts of the world
And taste with eager thirst the vast unknown,
Can bear no anchors.

Do not weigh me down with worldly fears,
Nor lean upon me with your woes.
This frail substance, called my body,
Will waste and die at contemplation of your tears.

Say, rather, open with the doors, and let loose the chains
That fetter me upon this earthly plane.
I must be on my way to higher spheres
Ere daylight wanes.





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