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 |
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