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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CELESTIAL PASSION, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poet's Biography First Line: O white and midnight sky, o starry bath Last Line: So shall my days be full of heavenly light! | |||
O WHITE and midnight sky! O starry bath! Wash me in thy pure, heavenly, crystal flood; Cleanse me, ye stars, from earthly soil and scath; Let not one taint remain in spirit or blood! Receive my soul, ye burning, awful deeps; Touch and baptize me with the mighty power That in ye thrills, while the dark planet sleeps; Make me all yours for one blest, secret hour! O glittering host! O high angelic choir! Silence each tone that with thy music jars; Fill me even as an urn with thy white fire Till all I am is kindred to the stars! Make me thy child, thou infinite, holy night -- So shall my days be full of heavenly light! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHERMAN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER THE CELLO by RICHARD WATSON GILDER THE SONG OF A HEATHEN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER THE SONNET by RICHARD WATSON GILDER A CHILD by RICHARD WATSON GILDER A CHRISTMAS HYMN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER A MEMORY OF RUBINSTEIN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER A MOOD by RICHARD WATSON GILDER ADELE AUS DER OHE by RICHARD WATSON GILDER |
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