Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET (13), by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE


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First Line: Pent in this common sphere of sensual shows
Last Line: Earth presses closely, -- heaven is cold and far.
Subject(s): Beauty


PENT in this common sphere of sensual shows,
I pine for beauty; beauty of fresh mien,
And gentle utterance, and the charm serene,
Wherewith the hue of mystic dream-land glows;
But shows most ghastly by a new-made tomb.
I see no balm in Gilead; he is lost,
The beautiful soul that loved thee, thy life's bloom,
Is withered by the sudden blighting frost;
O Grief! how mighty; Creeds! how vain ye are:
Earth presses closely, -- Heaven is cold and far.





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