Nature
Irradiations: XXXIV
From Irradiations: Sand and Spray (1915)
Nature
The flag let loose for a day of festivity;
Free desperate symbol of battle and desire,
Leaping, lunging, tossing up the halyards;
Below it a tumult of music,
Above it the streaming wastes of the sky,
Pinnacles of clouds, pyres of dawn,
Infinite effort, everlasting day.
The immense flag waving
Aloft in glory:
Over seas and hilltops
Transmitting its lightnings.
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Fletcher, John Gould. “Irradiations: XXXIV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher/38/.
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