Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A DRIFTING CLOUD, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL


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A DRIFTING CLOUD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Born of the shadows that it passes through
Last Line: O cloud, thou hast a human destiny!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew
Subject(s): Clouds


BORN of the shadows that it passes through,
Incessantly becoming and destroyed,
Its form unchanged, its substance ever new,
Builded from its own largess to the void;
Of steady purpose innerly aware,
Yet blindly borne upon the streaming air, --

Giving itself away, distributing
Its own abundant heart in splendid showers,
But not impoverished, since its losses bring
Perpetual renewing all the hours:
Drifting, sunlit or shadowed, to the sea, --
O cloud, thou hast a human destiny!





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