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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHOICE, by GLADYS CROMWELL Poet's Biography First Line: Imperious time, I must prefer Last Line: Auroral creeds embrace. Subject(s): Dawn; Evening; Night; Sky; Sunrise; Sunset; Twilight; Bedtime | |||
IMPERIOUS Time, I must prefer Thy just necessity: Resign the silent, earlier Beliefs grown dear to me. The stillness left alternatives To youth, a freedom wide And dim as dreaming, but man lives, And must one day decide. There is a doom the years compel: I must approach the goal Decreed, where it behooves me dwell: I must declare my soul; Must speak and choose what stars pertain To me; needs must I rest In their most intimate beams, remain Committed and confessed. I claim a tent of stars in place Of heaven's confusing dome: A tent of stars in a dark space -- The sky must be my home. I must adopt a finer scope, A tent of stars in space -- Affiliated flames, a hope Auroral creeds embrace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE |
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