Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MESSAGE, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography First Line: Do you not feel the white glow in your breast, my bird? Last Line: With no death after, no arrow with stinging pains. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Dover, England; Doves; Love; Messengers | ||||||||
DO you not feel the white glow in your breast, my bird? That is the flame of love I send to you from afar: Not a wafted kiss, hardly a whispered word, But love itself that flies as a white-winged star. Let it dwell there, let it rest there, at home in your heart: Wafted on winds of gold, it is Love itself, the Dove. Not the god whose arrows wounded with bitter smart, Nor the purple-fiery birds of death and love. Do not ask for the hands of love or love's soft eyes: They give less than love who give all, giving what wanes. I give you the star-fire, the heart-way to Paradise, With no death after, no arrow with stinging pains. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FILLING IN THE BLANKS; FOR CONSTANCE MERRITT by ELEANOR WILNER THE MESSAGE OF SETH; AN ORIENTAL TRADITION by DAVID MACBETH MOIR BELLMAN by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES THE SOUL'S ARMAGEDDON by WILLIAM SHARP SONG OF THE ARAUCANS DURING A THUNDER STORM by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE BUGLE by EDWARD FORRESTER SUTTON SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL THE LOVE LETTER by LILLIAN VIGGERS A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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