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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. FLY MESSENGER, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: Fly messenger! Through the street of the cities Last Line: He is come to dwell on the earth! Subject(s): Messages & Messengers; News | |||
Fly messenger! through the street, of the cities and plumed Mercury fly! Swift sinewy runner with arm held up on high! Naked along the wind, thy beautiful feet Glancing over the mountains, under the sun, By meadows and water-sides,—into the great towns like a devouring flame, Through slums and vapors and dismal suburban streets, With startling of innumerable eyes—fly, messenger, fly! Joy joy, the glad news! For he whom we wait is risen! He is descended among his children— He is come to dwell on the Earth! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WE BILLION CHEERED by GLYN MAXWELL THOSE SEINFELD DAYS WHEN NOTHING HAPPENS EXCEPT I LOVE YOU by E. ETHELBERT MILLER THEN AND NOW by CECIL DAY LEWIS AFTER THE NEWSCAST by ANSELM HOLLO INFO; FOR JOE CARDARELLI by ANSELM HOLLO TURN OFF THE NEWS by ANSELM HOLLO THE NEWS PHOTO by DAVID IGNATOW AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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