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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYMN OF THE EARTH, by WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING (1817-1901) Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: My highway is unfeatured air Last Line: Are mirrored in its round abode. Alternate Author Name(s): Channing Ii, William Ellery Subject(s): Earth; World | |||
MY highway is unfeatured air, My consorts are the sleepless Stars, And men my giant arms upbear, -- My arms unstained and free from scars. I rest forever on my way, Rolling around the happy Sun; My children love the sunny day, But noon and night to me are one. My heart has pulses like their own, I am their Mother, and my veins, Though built of the enduring stone, Thrill as do theirs with godlike pains. The forests and the mountains high, The foaming ocean and the springs, The plains, -- O pleasant Company, My voice through all your anthem rings! Ye are so cheerful in your minds, Content to smile, content to share: My being in your chorus finds The echo of the spheral air. No leaf may fall, no pebble roll, No drop of water lose the road; The issues of the general Soul Are mirrored in its round abode. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS GEOMETAPHYSICS by MARGARET AVISON NIAGARA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOPHISTICATION by CONRAD AIKEN I SEE CHILE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR by AGHA SHAHID ALI WASHING OUR HANDS OF THE REST OF AMERICA by MARVIN BELL THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING by LUCILLE CLIFTON SLEEPY HOLLOW by WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING (1817-1901) |
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