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Moth-Wings

(Ailes D'Alouette): By Francis William Bourdillon
  

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MOTH-WINGS

Like moth-wings that to moon or star
Impossibly aspire,
My twy-winged verses fail how far
Of vision and desire!
Yet forth, ye light-winged dreams—whate'er
The world assess your worth—
Some other soul perhaps to bear
A moth-flight from the Earth!