Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MAGIC, by LOUISE LOUIS


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MAGIC, by                    
First Line: A feeble glow springs from the tallow
Last Line: "finds wings!"
Subject(s): Life; Magic; Prayer


"A feeble glow springs from the tallow
Stick. And from the hushed and shadowed
Room, the world recedes a little . . .
More . . . and more. Until out of webbed
Corners of a confused brain, a slender
Prayer is born! A wordless thing.
Scarce stronger than a half-heard
Whisper of a child, who reaches for its mother
In the dark. It wavers with the candle's
Struggling glow as if it dare not hope
For life. But suddenly a fairy finger
Holds the flame erect. And somehow
Just about to wander out -- a timid prayer
Finds wings!"





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