Light-winged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and messenger of dawn
Circling above the hamlets as they 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 blotting out the sun;
Go thou my incense upward from this hearth,
And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.
Smoke
Henry David Thoreau
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Poem topics: dream, night, song, star, sun, bird, flight, clear, flame, vision, Valentine's Day, dawn, light, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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