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HIS LOVERS TO ARTHUR UPSON, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We see thee in the clear, aspiring flame
Last Line: Dark death is beautiful now thou art there!
Subject(s): Upson, Arthur Wheelock (1877-1908)


We see thee in the clear, aspiring flame
On Autumn hearths; the moon and each white star
Restore us thy deep, love-wise smile; afar
About the world red roses breathe thy fame
In many gardens; old rich words proclaim
Thee; music sings thee in each magic bar:
And all the rare and lovely things that are
Bloom newly now to celebrate thy name.

And so this world is fairer than before
With thee in sunset cloud and the blue day.
Thou needest not—O Perfect!—longer stay,
But oh, without thee!—how to win thy lore?
—Yet even Death, for thee, hath shed despair,
Dark Death is beautiful now thou art there!




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