Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHAT IS POETRY?, by MARIA JAMES


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First Line: A lambent flame within the breast
Last Line: From nature's own impassion'd child.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


A LAMBENT flame within the breast;
A thought harmoniously express'd;
A distant meteor's glimmering ray;
A light that often leads astray;
A harp, whose ever-varying tone
Might waken to the breeze's moan
A lake, in whose transparent face
Fair nature's lovely form we trace;
A blooming flower, in gardens rare,
Yet found in deserts bleak and bare;
A charm o'er every object thrown;
A bright creation of its own;
A burst of feeling, warm and wild,
From nature's own impassion'd child.





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