Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A QUESTION: 1; SONNET, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK


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First Line: Soul, spirit, genius - which thou art - that whence
Last Line: For, dim, or clear, 't was thou my daylight made.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria


SOUL, spirit, genius -- which thou art -- that whence
I know not, rose upon this mortal frame
Like the sun o'er the mountains, all aflame,
Seen large through mists of childish innocence,
And year by year with me uptravelling thence,
As hour by hour the day-star, madest aspire
My nature, interpenetrate with fire
It felt but understood not -- strong, intense,
Wisdom with folly mixed, and gold with clay; --
Soul, thou hast journeyed with me all this way.
Oft hidden and o'erclouded, oft arrayed
In scorching splendors that my earth-life burned,
Yet ever unto thee my true life turned,
For, dim, or clear, 't was thou my daylight made.





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