Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO HELEN KELLER, by THOMAS NUNAN


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TO HELEN KELLER, by                    
First Line: A rose unfolding in the sun
Last Line: And radiates a light divine.
Subject(s): Beauty; Flowers; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Roses; Soul; Stars


A rose unfolding in the sun
This simple truth once taught to me:
Not from without is beauty won;
The beauty in itself must be.

I watched the glimmer of a star:
Adown the Infinite it shone,
Its charm of radiance cast afar
Because the gleam was all its own.

And so the miracle of you:
Within yourself the glories shine;
Your soul has vision clear and true
And radiates a light divine.





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