"How to hold it all at once, / except by passion's climb, / its rising tides & breathless, / hawk's-eye view?"
— Spaar, Lisa Russ
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Work Title
Date
2003
Metaphor
"How to hold it all at once, / except by passion's climb, / its rising tides & breathless, / hawk's-eye view?"
Metaphor in Context
How to hold it all at once,
except by passion's climb,
its rising tides & breathless,
hawk's-eye view? Believe the fallen leaf
from one world floats there,
in another, tawny star on the black water,
the soul's cradle,
even when he must pause
to rest his racing heart,
& cannot see it?
(ll. 12-21)
except by passion's climb,
its rising tides & breathless,
hawk's-eye view? Believe the fallen leaf
from one world floats there,
in another, tawny star on the black water,
the soul's cradle,
even when he must pause
to rest his racing heart,
& cannot see it?
(ll. 12-21)
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Citation
Spaar, Lisa Russ. "Lullabye." Blackbird. Vol 2. No. 2. Fall 2003. <www.blackbird.vcu.edu>
Date of Entry
02/11/2010
