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Edward Dowden (Эдвард Дауден (Доуден)) The Morning Star I Backward betwixt the gates of steepest heaven, Faint from the insupportable advance Of light confederate in the East, is driven The starry chivalry, and helm and lance, Which held keen ward upon the shadowy plain, Yield to the stress and stern predominance Of Day; no wanderer morning-moon awane Floats through dishevelled clouds, exanimate, In disarray, with gaze of weariest pain; O thou, sole Splendour, sprung to vindicate Night’s ancient fame, thou in dread strife serene, With back-blown locks, joyous yet desperate Flamest; from whose pure ardour Earth doth win High passionate pangs, thou radiant paladin. II Nay; strife must cease in song: far-sent and clear Piercing the silence of this summer morn I hear thy swan-song rapturous; I hear Life’s ecstasy; sharp cries of flames which burn With palpitating joy, intense and pure, From altars of the universe, and yearn In eager spires; and under these the sure Strong ecstasy of Death, in phrase too deep For thought, too bright for dim investiture. Of mortal words, and sinking more than sleep Down holier places of the soul’s delight; Cry, through the quickening dawn, to us who creep ’Mid dreams and dews of the dividing night, Thou searcher of the darkness and the light. III I seek thee, and thou art not; for the sky Has drawn thee in upon her breast to be A hidden talisman, while light soars high, Virtuous to make wide heaven’s tranquillity More tranquil, and her steadfast truth more true, Yea even her overbowed infinity. Of tenderness, when o’er wet woods the blue Shows past white edges of a sundering cloud, More infinitely tender. Day is new, Night ended; how the hills are overflowed With spaciousness of splendour, and each tree Is touched; only not yet the lark is loud, Since viewless still o’er city and plain and sea Vibrates thy spirit-wingèd ecstasy. Edward Dowden's other poems: Poems of another poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием): Распечатать (Print) Количество обращений к стихотворению: 1264 |
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