Blue spires of thought! you are, delphiniums blue, My aspirations. Dreams you symbolize -- The plans and deeds I rapturously devise. My present feels the glamour of your hue; My misty future's marked by you anew. Breath-taking are your spires of Irish eyes Or, paler blue, that always mesmerize My thoughts and color every point of view. The deep blue-blue of Blue Bird Glory speeds My mind to air-plane swiftness, and I thrill To reach sky-goal; the Belladonna's spray Of China blue inclines to frivolous meeds My plastic soul; the amethyst my will Enforces for the straight and narrow way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: 20. A HAPPY MARRIAGE by THOMAS CAMPION THE PASSIONATE MAN'S PILGRIMAGE by WALTER RALEIGH PENTUCKET [AUGUST 29, 1708] by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE PROPHECY OF SAMUEL SEWALL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER SPANISH WINGS: A LEAF FROM A LOG BOOK by H. BABCOCK THE AFFECTIONATE SHEPHERD; OR COMPLAINT OF DAPHNIS by RICHARD BARNFIELD A POEM, DEDICATED TO WILLIAM LAW, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY by ROBERT BLAIR |