Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SOUL THIRST, by HELEN ODERKIRK O'ROURKE


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SOUL THIRST, by                    
First Line: Drink deep, o soul, of hours that swiftly
Last Line: So seam and sere this thirsting soul of mine!
Subject(s): Thirst


Drink deep, O soul, of hours that swiftly pass;
Quaff deeply, soul, of life's small slender stream;
Most precious moments from a tilted glass
Drop off unfeeling fingertips, unseen!

Life feels a thirst beyond the outstretched arm,
Beyond the sight of youth's unfailing eye;
Beyond the wrath of Ares' bleak disarm,
Or yet, Apollo's infinitesimal sigh.

Let me but gather from the falling drops,
One cup to moist the crumbling wall of time;
Within this visit brief, futility will not
So seam and sere this thirsting soul of mine!





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