Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FREEDOM, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL


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First Line: I will not follow you, my bird
Last Line: Are love and freedom too.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Freedom; Love; Liberty


I WILL not follow you, my bird,
I will not follow you.
I would not breathe a word, my bird,
To bring thee here anew.

I love the free in thee, my bird,
The lure of freedom drew;
The light you fly toward, my bird,
I fly with thee unto.

And there we yet will meet, my bird,
Though far I go from you
Where in the light outpoured, my bird,
Are love and freedom too.





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