Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PILLAR WORK, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Among the flowers, the lily blooms supreme Last Line: Fell on their hearts, and heavenly release. Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Dreams; Flowers; Hearts; Peace; Dead, The; Nightmares | ||||||||
AMONG the flowers, the lily blooms supreme For light and loveliness; her odorous breath Floats like the memory of some delicate dream, After her body has gone down to death. Of garden growths she is the fairest one; She crowned the Temple built by Solomon. Behold the task completed! Marble strength And ornament of precious stone were there, But, for to make it lovelier, at length They wrought a work of lilies, passing fair, And set it high atop, like a great gem To glow and glitter in Jerusalem. The strength that flowers in Beauty is twice strong. Four-square the Temple stood; but when the eye Looked cloudward, lo, like to a lofty song, The lily-work made glad the Orient sky; And all the worshipers grew hushed, and peace Fell on their hearts, and heavenly release. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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