Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRUE PARADISE, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, is the poet to destruction vowed Last Line: Through both the pale-blue windows of quick mind; | ||||||||
Lord, is the Poet to destruction vowed, Like the dawn-feather of an April cloud, Which signs in russet character or grey The name of Beauty on the book of Day? We poets crave no heav'n but what is ours -- These trees beside these rivers; these same flowers Shaped and enfragranced to the English field Where Thy best florist-craft is full revealed. Trees by the river, birds upon the bough My soul shall ask for, whose flesh enjoys them now Through both the pale-blue windows of quick Mind; | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD SHIPS by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A FRAGMENT by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A MIRACLE OF BETHLEHEM by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A NEW YEAR'S CAROL by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A SACRED DIALOGUE (CHRISTMAS 1912) by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A WESTERN VOYAGE by JAMES ELROY FLECKER BALLAD OF CAMDEN TOWN by JAMES ELROY FLECKER BALLAD OF THE LONDONER by JAMES ELROY FLECKER BRUMANA by JAMES ELROY FLECKER |
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