Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO BEAUTY, by DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI


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TO BEAUTY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Faithful I be or not to thy soul-call
Last Line: Like a sky-rover's at dawn.
Subject(s): Beauty; Kisses; Love


Faithful I be or not to thy soul-call,
Yet thou awaitest at my door,
In winter's spotless white, or summer's
Gold-green-crimson garb;
Ever smiling thy lips, tearfully sweet thine eyes!
Constancy — ah! how vain a word!
Too little like a star to contain all of night's majesty!
What shall I name thy love, O goddess?
Deep in my dark heart I moan for nothing,
Shed tears for what can not be,
Like the unwished-for rain of summer, that weeps uselessly.
Cruelly I lie, I lie hidden,
While thou waitest for me through an eternity
Of heart-breaking expectancy:
At last I come, mine eye hath seen thy glory,
Thy rose-red, love-kindling lips,
Thine eyes, dark like the heart of night,
Two homes of immortal mystery.
I come, contrite, weeping, forgiven;
Let my lips kiss thy dove-like feet,
My heart's perfume pour I on them,
And my soul set to song
Thy song, endless song, from earth to heaven
Like a sky-rover's at dawn.





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