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TO A FORGOTTEN POET, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The hungry winds of time have swept away
Last Line: His skylark soaring through eternity.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


The hungry winds of time have swept away
The last, reluctant petal of your glory,
And all the dreams that made your drab years gay,
Lie mute, with just a stone to tell their story.
What if the lines, in fevered moments wrung,
Have stirred no heart to rapture save your own?
What though the song you dreamed is still unsung,
The flower of fame you cherished yet unblown?

Yours was the heritage the gods divined,
The dark, mysterious joy that poets know;
The earth's sheer beauty beat into your mind
Just as it stormed the hearts of Keats and Poe,
And even Shelley's dust may never see
His skylark soaring through eternity.





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