Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SHE IS NOT FASHIONED, by JOSEPH SKIPSEY


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SHE IS NOT FASHIONED, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She is not fashioned to command
Last Line: Ordained to bless this world below.
Subject(s): Beauty; Future Life; Saints; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


She is not fashioned to command,
Nor once, for grace, in her is shown
A form that peers the lily-wand,
An air the lily's self might own;
Not such her vaunt, tho' such enchant,
Nay, make with joy the reason reel;
'Tis hers to bear a boon more rare, —
A heart another's woe to feel.

Nor hers the hair that beams afar
Like streams of molten gold, an eye
That twinkles like the little star
Attends the virgin moon on high;
Not such her vaunt, yet joy will haunt
Whoe'er her gentle smile has viewed;
That smile would light the gloom would blight
A heart with lion-nerve endued.

Not hers the golden tones that break
Like music from the lips, the rare,
The dancing dimple on the cheek
Accorded to the fabled fair;
Not such her vaunt — nay, pride might taunt
Her with a lack of charms; yet oh!
She's to the faint and weak a saint
Ordained to bless this world below.





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