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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EAGLE SONNETS: 4, by CLEMENT WOOD Poet's Biography First Line: And - spirit? Is it some ethereal spark Last Line: Shall follow where the striving heart has gone. Subject(s): Native Americans - Religion | |||
And -- spirit? Is it some ethereal spark Nurtured in disembodied realms of air, Sentenced to serve within the human dark, Finding through death its deathless life elsewhere? It is the sum of ancient ache and feeling, All I have touched and seen. I cannot tell But there are, for a tardier revealing, More ancient aches and feelings found as well. Yet this is all. . . . The flower's scent is blended Of airy particles sprung from its core; And when the blossom's summer hour is ended, No scent lives on, to knock at Heaven's door. And so my spirit, which in striving shone, Shall follow where the striving heart has gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST: YA-IHL'S SONG TO THE NORTH WIND by ALICE HENSON ERNST THE VICTORY OF FAITH by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON THE ARCTIC INDIAN'S FAITH by THOMAS D'ARCY MCGEE HOPI SNAKE DANCE by J. MORRIS RICHARDS THE MOHEGAN CHURCH by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY MOUNT AGIOCHOOK by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER EAGLE SONNETS: 3 by CLEMENT WOOD EAGLE SONNETS: 5 by CLEMENT WOOD EAGLE SONNETS: 6 by CLEMENT WOOD |
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