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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I HAVE KNOWN BEAUTY, by ISABEL BROWN SHURTLEFF
First Line: I have known beauty,' the poet said in glee
Last Line: "patient, tired, wrinkled, old -- my mother's face."
Subject(s): Beauty
First Line: I have known beauty,' the poet said in glee
Last Line: "patient, tired, wrinkled, old -- my mother's face."
Subject(s): Beauty
"I have known Beauty," the poet said in glee,
"I have seen it in the swaying of a slim birch tree."
"I have known Beauty," the lover said in pride,
"The woman I love with my son at her side."
"I have known Beauty," the mother said in pain,
"Happy little feet that will never dance again."
"I have known Beauty," the man-child said with grace,
"Patient, tired, wrinkled, old -- my mother's face."
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