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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MERCHANDISE OF LIGHT, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography First Line: Was it not worth the farewell to the sun Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. | |||
Was it not worth the farewell to the sun, O caravan of rays through desert space, To bear the image of this lovely face? Now hurry with the beauty you have won. Where shall it not be known when you have run The shining leagues to your appointed place, And far and starry hamlets know that grace, So from the light new beauty may be spun? Marvel of animate ivory and fire! Proud head upcast with heaven-assailing gaze As if for flight! Nay, nay, you need not wings To reach the sky; for, elder to desire, Your image scatters on a million rays And, quivering with that beauty, aether sings. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROLIC by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL IMMORTALITY by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL RECONCILIATION by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL SACRIFICE by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL THE GIFT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A CALL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A FAREWELL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A HOLY HILL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A LAST COUNSEL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A LEADER by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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