Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SAMPLES, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY


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First Line: Give me not all-this severed bit
Last Line: The bottom of an empty cup!
Subject(s): Beauty; Creation


GIVE me not all—this severed bit
With tracings of the pattern—see,
My weaving mind shall fashion it
Into the beauty meant to be.

Let the fog clear and close again
Hiding that far and perfect view,
So may I with creative pain
Build up the lovely thing anew.

Say not too much—a half-formed word,
Stirring the heart, may hold it long
And echoes, lost as soon as heard,
Ring clearer than the finished song.

Sip lightly—be not over keen
To drink life's gathered sweetness up.
Eyes lose their dreaming that have seen
The bottom of an empty cup!





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