Lift it with the Feathers — Jules Gabriel Verne

This poem talks about science fiction, Under the Sea, Around the World, and Center of the Earth by Jules Gabriel Verne.

Lift it－with the Feathers ¹
Not alone we fly－
Launch it－the aquatic
Not the only sea－
Advocate the Azure ⁵
To the lower Eyes－
He has obligation
Who has Paradise－

(F.1362/J.1348)

[1] it:: the science fiction by Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905). This poem was written around 1875. Feathers:: feather pens.
[2] fly:: to free our imagination.
[3] launch, aquatic:: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
[4] sea:: vastness; the immensity from sea to air to lower center of the earth, all beyond the knowledge of that time.
[5] the Azure:: Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
[6] lower Eyes:: A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864).
[7] obligation:: Verne wrote under the pressure of living, or he felt writing was his interest.
[8] Paradise:: he found his paradise in science fiction.