Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AS SEARCHLIGHTS FLARE, by GRACE MINER LIPPINCOTT First Line: The soul of a woman seeking truth Last Line: And holds each searching beam. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
The soul of a woman seeking truth Holds love too deep for tears For hours seem helpless and uncouth While keeping count of years That flew like homing-doves on high, Transparent in their flight, Again portrayed to amplify Great love that pens indite. As decades pass, the blazing trails Of woman's love for man Seem like Aurora's searching flails That only mystics scan, While youth and beauty keep their tryst, Each act; a glowing scheme Where love transcends the casuist And holds each searching beam. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD CALM by GRACE MINER LIPPINCOTT ONE HOUR IS MINE by GRACE MINER LIPPINCOTT A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY [DECEMBER 16, 1773] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES |
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