Light-winged Smoke! Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight; Lark without song, and messenger of dawn, Circling above the hamlets as thy nest; Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts; By night star-veiling, and by day Darkening the light and blotting out the sun; Go thou, my incense, upward from this hearth, And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.
Why does the poet seek pardon from the Gods?
AThe singing birds disrupt the peace of the forest.
BThe earth is full of peace and tranquility.
CThe speaker admits the sin of setting the fire.
DThe narrator is over-enthusiastic.
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