Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEAUTY, by JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE


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BEAUTY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweet is the grace of beauty, and it holds
Last Line: When beauty's sun lights up life's 'wakening skies.
Subject(s): Beauty; Love


SWEET is the grace of beauty, and it holds
The imprisoned earth within its radiant folds.
It steals upon us like the rosy hue
Of morning's blush; and while the sweet cool dew
Moistens and freshens the dead grass of our hope,
It bursts like love-stars on our horoscope.
Like Dian's locks, her flashing charms deter
Yet make the light by which we worship her.
The eyes of children, flute notes of a bird,
Flowers that 'round them beading dewdrops gird,
Skies of blue and gold at wedding morn,
Lips that touch when sweet young love is born,
These strew her pathway, Iris-crowned they rise
When beauty's sun lights up life's 'wakening skies.





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