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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE STARS THAT HAVE GONE OUT, by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET First Line: Curious eyes of those blue skyey spaces Last Line: The ghost of a sign to the ghost of a star there? Alternate Author Name(s): Foeth, Afanasy Afanasyveicht; Fet, Afanasy | |||
CURIOUS eyes of those blue skyey spaces, Tell me how long shall your glimmer inspire me? Long shall I feel, that in night's holy places Nothing is nobler or fairer to fire me. Quenched in some era forgotten, you may be Nothing at all, though you still flame afar there; -- This dead man's songs to you flying, shall they be The ghost of a sign to the ghost of a star there? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SWALLOWS by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET THE PRISONER by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COLUMBUS CHENEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN IN PARADISE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE VOICE OF THE GRASS by SARAH ROBERTS BOYLE ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR by GEORGE GORDON BYRON LINES TO A MOVEMENT IN MOZART'S E-FLAT SYMPHONY by THOMAS HARDY THE RAINBOW [IN THE SKY] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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