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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTRAIT OF A WORLD, by CORAL MORGAN
First Line: Loveliness is yours, all gracious things
Last Line: To nudge the sun-dial and sip the pool.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Portraits
First Line: Loveliness is yours, all gracious things
Last Line: To nudge the sun-dial and sip the pool.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Portraits
Loveliness is yours, all gracious things,
blue Whistler twilights where gold windows show,
delicate green-gold mornings by Corot,
mornings by Grieg. And high Beethoven strings
the moon with muted magic chords and sings
sonatas at your window. And you know
Hell from a Dore etching, from Gounod
a Satan splendid as a pheasant wing.
The white wolf of the snow crosses his paws
upon your threshold and the murderous jaws
rest quiet on them and his breath is cool.
The sun, that like a fiery bull devours
the summer earth, pauses among your flowers
to nudge the sun-dial and sip the pool.
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