Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ANADYOMENE, by SARA TEASDALE



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First Line: The wide, bright temple of the world I found
Last Line: Again to drift along the starry places.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.


The wide, bright temple of the world I found,
And entered from the dizzy infinite
That I might kneel and worship thee in it;
Leaving the singing stars their ceaseless round
Of silver music sound on orbed sound,
For measured spaces where the shrines are lit,
And men with wisdom or with little wit
Implore the gods that mercy may abound.
Ah, Aphrodite, was it not from thee
My summons came across the endless spaces?
Mother of Love, turn not thy face from me
Now that I seek for thee in human faces;
Answer my prayer or set my spirit free
Again to drift along the starry places.








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