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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FALIAS, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: In the frost-grown city of falias lit by the falling stars
Last Line: For the old impossible haven 'mid the old auroral fires?
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Cold; Desire; Grace; Ravens; Stars
First Line: In the frost-grown city of falias lit by the falling stars
Last Line: For the old impossible haven 'mid the old auroral fires?
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Cold; Desire; Grace; Ravens; Stars
In the frost-grown city of Falias lit by the falling stars
I have seen the ravens flying like banners of old wars—
I have seen the snow-white ravens amid the ice-green spires
Seeking the long-lost havens of all old lost desires.
O winged desire and broken, once nested in my heart,
Canst thou, there, give a token, that, even now, thou art?
From bitter war defeated thou too hadst flight afar,
When all my joy was cheated ere set of Morning Star.
Call loud; O ancient Moirias, who dwellest in that place,
Tell me if lost in Falias my old desire hath grace?
If now a snow-white raven it haunts the silent spires
For the old impossible haven 'mid the old auroral fires?
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