Poems, 1914-1919

<h3><SPAN name="ICARUS" id="ICARUS"></SPAN>ICARUS</h3> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="smcap">Here</span> fell the daring Icarus in his prime,<br/></span> <span class="i0">He who was brave enough to scale the skies;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And here bereft of plumes his body lies,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Leaving the valiant envious of that climb.<br/></span> <span class="i0">O rare performance of a soul sublime,<br/></span> <span class="i0">That with small loss such great advantage buys!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Happy mishap! fraught with so rich a prize,<br/></span> <span class="i0">That bids the vanquished triumph over time.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">So new a path his youth did not dismay,<br/></span> <span class="i0">His wings but not his noble heart said nay;<br/></span> <span class="i0">He had the glorious sun for funeral fire;<br/></span> <span class="i0">He died upon a high adventure bent;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The sea his grave, his goal the firmament.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Great is the tomb, but greater the desire.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_025" id="page_025"></SPAN>{25}</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />