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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SMOKE, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Light-winged smoke! Icarian bird Last Line: And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame. Variant Title(s): "light-winged Smoke, Icarian Bird""; Subject(s): Icarus; Mythology - Classical; Nature; Smoke | |||
LIGHT-WINGED Smoke! Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight; Lark without song, and messenger of dawn Circling above the hamlets as thy nest; Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts; By night star-veiling, and by day Darkening the light and bloating out the sun; Go thou, my incense, upward from this hearth, And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WOODSMOKE AT 70 by HAYDEN CARRUTH SMOKE IN WINTER by HENRY DAVID THOREAU THE AMERICAN FIREMAN by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER CITY SMOKE by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN |
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