Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A NEW YEAR'S CAROL, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER Poet's Biography First Line: Awake, awake! The world is young Last Line: The silent pools of light and truth. Subject(s): Holidays; New Year | ||||||||
Awake, awake! The world is young, For all its weary years of thought: The starkest fights must still be fought, The most surprising songs be sung. And those who have no other Gods May still behold, if they bestir, The windy amphitheatre Where dawn the timeless periods. Then hear the shouting-voice of men Magniloquently rise and ring: Their flashing eyes and measured swing Prove that the world is young again. I was beyond the hills, and heard That old and fervent Goddess call, Whose voice is like a waterfall, And sweeter than the singing-bird. O stubborn arms of rosy youth, Break down your other Gods, and turn To where her dauntless eyeballs burn, -- The silent pools of Light and Truth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEW YEAR'S POEM by MARGARET AVISON A SPEED OF HISTORY by MARGARET AVISON NEW YEAR'S DAY by DAVID LEHMAN LINES FOR THE NEW YEAR by JULIE CARR I AM RUNNING INTO A NEW YEAR by LUCILLE CLIFTON FOR THE NEW YEAR (2) by ROBERT CREELEY SANTORIN (A LEGEND OF THE AEGEAN) by JAMES ELROY FLECKER |
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