I am the song, that rests upon the cloud;I am the sunI am the dawn, the day, the hiding shroud,When dusk is done.I am the changing colours of the tree;The flower uncurledI am the melancholy of the sea;I am the world.The other souls that, passing in their place,Each in his groove;Outstretching hands that chain me and embrace,Speak and reprove.'O atom of that law, by which the earthIs poised and whirled;Behold! you hurrying with the crowd assertYou are the world.'Am I not one with all the things that beWarm in the sun?All that my ears can hear, or eyes can see,Till all be done.Of song and shine, of changing leaf apart,Of bud uncurledWith all the senses pulsing at my heart,I am the world.
One day the song that drifts upon the windI shall not hear;Nor shall the rosy shoots to eyes grown blindAgain appear.Deaf, in the dark, I shall arise and throwFrom off my soulThe withered world with all its joy and woe,That was my goal.I shall arise, and like a shooting starSlip from my place;So lingering see the old world from afarRevolve in space.And know more things than all the wise may knowTill all be done;Till One shall come who, breathing on the stars,Blows out the sun.
One day the song that drifts upon the windI shall not hear;Nor shall the rosy shoots to eyes grown blindAgain appear.Deaf, in the dark, I shall arise and throwFrom off my soulThe withered world with all its joy and woe,That was my goal.I shall arise, and like a shooting starSlip from my place;So lingering see the old world from afarRevolve in space.And know more things than all the wise may knowTill all be done;Till One shall come who, breathing on the stars,Blows out the sun.
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Dora Sigerson (1866–1918) was an Irish poet, who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter. She was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of George Sigerson, a surgeon and writer, and Hester (née Varian) also a writer. She was a major figure of the Irish Literary revival, publishing many collections of poetry from 1893. Her friends included Katharine Tynan, a noted Irish-born poet and author.
Her husband was Clement King Shorter, an English journalist and literary critic. They lived together in London, until her death.
and writer, and Hester (née Varian) also a writer. She was a major figure of the Irish Literary rev
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