BIND on thy wings, O Soul! Their eagle flight Shall lift thee to the Sun. For but one hour Glory, thou too, in superhuman power. Enraptured soar to Hope's extremest height; Confront unblenching the supernal light; Forget thine insufficiency of dower, And quicken all thy being into flower Ere blasted by intolerable Might. What though thou perish in the self-same breath That numbers thee mid Heaven's effulgent host? What though thy victory's award be death, If, dying, thou attain thine uttermost? Were not that brief immortal moment worth A wingless lifetime on the level Earth? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY FATHER'S FACE by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE STORY OF THE END OF THE STORY by JAMES GALVIN FINIS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TIRED by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SENRYU: BLIND DATE by TIMOTHY LIU MADMAN OF THE SOUTH SIDE by CLARENCE MAJOR SONG BY THE WINDOW BEFORE BED by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: IMANUEL EHRENHARDT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |