Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VALENTINE: TO A POETESS, by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT Poet's Biography First Line: A nameless power lives in thy verse Last Line: Thy flight of glory winging. Alternate Author Name(s): Greenwood, Grace Subject(s): Holidays; Poetry & Poets; Valentine's Day | ||||||||
A NAMELESS power lives in thy verse, A gleam of things divine! And with meek looks and claspèd hands My spirit bows to thine. Now beams thy soul-light on the heart, Like morn-rise, soft and tender; And now in wild, impassioned fire Breaks forth with startling splendor. We say, when gently steal along Thy light, love-breathing numbers, That Song's sweet angel whispering bends Above thy nightly slumbers. Anon there peals from out thy lays A voice so clear and bold, That we might almost dream thou wert A prophetess of old. The eye glows with unwonted fire, The soul's still depths are stirred; The heart leaps to intenser life At every burning word! We see on swift, untiring wing The morning lark uprise, Until his tuneful gush of joy Floats faintly down the skies. Thus thou art rising glad and free, Thy wild song downward flinging, Up toward the morning gates of heaven Thy flight of glory winging. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DARKENED HOURS by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT DREAMS by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT EMILIE PLATER by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT FANNY FORESTER by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT HERVEY TO NINA - MISS BREMER by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT I WILL NEVER GROW OLD by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT ILLUMINATION FOR VICTORIES IN MEXICO by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT INVOCATION TO MOTHER EARTH by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT LOVE'S EMBLEMS by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT LOVE-LETTER TO A FRIEND by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT |
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