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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAY, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography
First Line: In day from some titanic past it seems
Last Line: Its rays in splendour pass.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Day
First Line: In day from some titanic past it seems
Last Line: Its rays in splendour pass.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Day
IN day from some titanic past it seems
As if a thread divine of memory runs;
Born ere the Mighty One began his dreams,
Or yet were stars and suns.
But here an iron will has fixed the bars;
Forgetfulness falls on earth's myriad races:
No image of the proud and morning stars
Looks at us from their faces.
Yet yearning still to reach to those dim heights,
Each dream remembered is a burning-glass,
Where through to darkness from the Light of Lights
Its rays in splendour pass.
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