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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASPIRATION, by ADAH ISAACS MENKEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Poor, impious soul! That fixes its high hopes Last Line: Thine own reflection in eternity! Alternate Author Name(s): Theodore, Philomene Croi; Mccord, Ada | |||
Poor, impious Soul! that fixes its high hopes In the dim distance, on a throne of clouds, And from the morning's mist would make the ropes To draw it up amid acclaim of crowds -- Beware! That soaring path is lined with shrouds; And he who braves it, though of sturdy breath, May meet, half way, the avalanche and death! O poor young Soul! -- whose year-devouring glance Fixes in ecstasy upon a star, Whose feverish brilliance looks a part of earth, Yet quivers where the feet of angels are, And seems the future crown in realms afar -- Beware! A spark thou art, and dost but see Thine own reflection in Eternity! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY HERITAGE by ADAH ISAACS MENKEN BY THE FIRESIDE by ROBERT BROWNING HYMN TO ADVERSITY by THOMAS GRAY SONNET TO LIBERTY by OSCAR WILDE LOST HAPPINESS by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS THE ACHARNIANS: A PLEA FOR THE ENEMY by ARISTOPHANES TO THE GALLIC EAGLE by BERNARD BARTON HYMNE (TO BE SUNG WITH THREE VOICES) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |
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