Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEAUTY IN MY HAND, by GEORGE ELLISTON


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BEAUTY IN MY HAND, by                    
First Line: Beauty, by my door
Last Line: That I may understand.
Subject(s): Beauty


Beauty, by my door,
Lord, help me swing it wide,
That I may bring the joy
Of loveliness inside.

Beauty drifting there
In lilac's lavender,
And shaking frail white plumes
In all the winds astir.

I, who at night have craved
That stars bend down to me,
Who, days on end, have begged
For union with each tree,

Am answered now at last
With beauty in my hand --
Spring comes -- Lord, give me grace
That I may understand.





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