Beauty Xxv
And a poet said, ‘Speak to us of Beauty.’ Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide? And… Read more »
Sleep! Sleep! Beauty Bright
Sleep! sleep! beauty bright, Dreaming o’er the joys of night; Sleep! sleep! in thy sleep Little sorrows sit and weep. Sweet Babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace,… Read more »
Pied Beauty
Glory be to God for dappled things — For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape… Read more »
Beauty
WHAT does it mean? Tired, angry, and ill at ease, No man, woman, or child alive could please Me now. And yet I almost dare to laugh Because I sit… Read more »
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, Which I gaze on so fondly to-day, Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms, Live fairy-gifts fading away, Thou… Read more »
The Eye Of My Eye
By whose touch does the lily smile And open its beauty – bud? Whose moonlit beauty Do I see in the lily? Who is the Eye of my eye; Who… Read more »
A Lady
You are beautiful and faded Like an old opera tune Played upon a harpsichord; Or like the sun-flooded silks Of an eighteenth-century boudoir. In your eyes Smoulder the fallen roses… Read more »
The Definition of Beauty
The Definition of Beauty is That Definition is none— Of Heaven, easing Analysis, Since Heaven and He are one. The Definition Of Beauty Is
I Died For Beauty
I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed? “For… Read more »
Beauty
The beautiful, the fair, the elegant, Is that which pleases us, says Kant, Without a thought of interest or advantage. I used to watch men when they spoke of beauty… Read more »