Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SCEPTER OF THE DEAD, by GERTRUDE B. GUNDERSON


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THE SCEPTER OF THE DEAD, by                    
First Line: I would achieve-through long trails of purpose
Last Line: Will shrink my soul with fear ... And I am bound.
Subject(s): Death; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The


I would achieve—through long trails of purpose,
A far goal ... Then some chill inhibition
Steals over me with deadening power—
The ghost of an old, long-dead tradition.

I would be happy—and with joyful heart
Would fling gay carols to the sky above;
And lo! a memory obscures the sun—
I grope through ashes of a long-lost love.

I would be free—with flaming torch of progress
To search for truth where ever it be found;
When, unawares, an out-grown creed-resurgent,
Will shrink my soul with fear ... And I am bound.





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