Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, E.G. DE R., by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL


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First Line: Why should I seek her spell to decompose
Last Line: All these are good, but better far is she.
Subject(s): Friendship


WHY should I seek her spell to decompose
Or to its source each rill of influence trace
That feeds the brimming river of her grace?
The petals numbered but degrade to prose
Summer's triumphant poem of the rose:
Enough for me to watch the wavering chase,
Like wind o'er grass, of moods across her face,
Fairest in motion, fairer in repose.
Steeped in her sunshine, let me, while I may,
Partake the bounty: ample 't is for me
That her mirth cheats my temples of their gray,
Her charm makes years long spent seem yet to be.
Wit, goodness, grace, swift flash from grave to gay, —
All these are good, but better far is she.





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