A SIMPLE ring with a single stone, To the vulgar eye no stone of price: Whisper the right word, that alone -- Forth starts a sprite, like fire from ice, And lo, you are lord (says an Eastern scroll) Of heaven and earth, lord whole and sole Through the power in a pearl. A woman ('t is I this time that say) With little the world counts worthy praise Utter the true word -- out and away Escapes her soul: I am wrapt in blaze, Creation's lord, of heaven and earth Lord whole and sole -- by a minute's birth -- Through the love in a girl! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE WOMAN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BY WAY OF EXPLANATION by VIRGINIA A. ALLIN TO SIGURD by KATHARINE LEE BATES GOLDFISH ON THE WRITING DESK by MAX BROD HILLS OF HOME by WITTER BYNNER SONNET by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY |