Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JANUS, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL


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First Line: Image of beauty, when I gaze on thee
Last Line: God sings the lovely carol of the flowers.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Beauty; Happiness; Life; Joy; Delight


IMAGE of beauty, when I gaze on thee,
Trembling I waken to a mystery,
How through one door we go to life or death
By spirit kindled or the sensual breath.

Image of beauty, when my way I go;
No single joy or sorrow do I know:
Elate for freedom leaps the starry power,
The life which passes mourns its wasted hour.

And, ah, to think how thin the veil that lies
Between the pain of hell and paradise!
Where the cool grass my aching head embowers
God sings the lovely carol of the flowers.





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