Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE, by GRACE IMOGEN DUFFY


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LOVE, by                    
First Line: Like silver shafts imprisoned in a fine
Last Line: Listen! Listen! The whole world sings!
Subject(s): Love - Beginnings


Like silver shafts imprisoned in a fine
Wrought vase of filigree, a wayward flame
Unfurled, and escaped like eager wine
And leapt in silver rivers to my heart. It came
In lightning lashes to pursue me
And lifted me in quivering, jealous flight
Above the sordid world, to mystery
And rainbow clouds of crystal liquid light.

And from the misty dais of a dream
My flow'ring heart became a glowing star;
Reflections of a live transfixèd gleam
That bound my world—immortal bar!
And high I soar! Love-pennons for my wings.
Listen! Listen! The whole world sings!





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