Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIOLIN SONGS: FAITH, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Earth, if aught should check thy race Last Line: "from the sun of liberty!" Subject(s): Earth; Faith; Space And Space Travel; World; Belief; Creed | ||||||||
"EARTH, if aught should check thy race, Rushing through unfended space, Headlong, stayless, thou wilt fall Into yonder glowing ball!" "Beggar of the universe, Faithless as an empty purse! Sent abroad to cool and tame, Think'st I fear my native flame? "If thou never on thy track Turn thee round and hie thee back, Thou wilt wander evermore, Outcast, colda comet hoar! "While I sweep my ring along In an air of joyous song, Thou art drifting, heart awry, From the sun of liberty!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION by MINA LOY LOST AND FOUND by GEORGE MACDONALD THAT HOLY THING by GEORGE MACDONALD THE BABY, FR. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND by GEORGE MACDONALD |
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