Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PRAYER CONTINUED, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS


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First Line: Far are the wings of intellect astray
Last Line: Keep my soul wakeful still to listen and to learn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Prayer; Spring


FAR are the wings of intellect astray
That strive not, Father! to thy heavenly seat;
They rove, but mount not, and the tempests beat
Still on their plumes. O Source of mental day!
Chase from before my spirit's track the array
Of mists and shadows, raised by earthly care,
In troubled hosts, that cross the purer air,
And veil the opening of the starry way,
Which brightens on to Thee! Oh, guide Thou right
My thought's weak pinion; clear my inward sight,
The eternal springs of beauty to discern,
Welling beside thy throne; unseal mine ear,
Nature's true oracles in joy to hear;
Keep my soul wakeful still to listen and to learn.





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