Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO THE SPIRIT OF POETRY, by PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON


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TO THE SPIRIT OF POETRY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All things are changed save thee
Last Line: And I have gain'd my spirit's paradise.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


ALL things are changed save thee, -- thou art the same,
Only perchance more dear, as one friend grows
When other friends have turn'd away. Who knows
With what strange joy thou didst my life inflame
Before I took upon my lips the name
Which vows me to thy service? Come thou close;
For to thy feet to-day my being flows,
As when, a boy, for comforting I came.
Thou, whose transfiguring touch makes speech divine, --
Whose eyes are deeper than deep seas or skies, --
Warm with thy fire this heart, these lips of mine,
Lighten the darkness with thy luminous eyes,
Till all the quivering air about me shine,
And I have gain'd my spirit's Paradise.





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