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ESTHETIC EXPERIENCE by ETHEL MARY DAVIS

First Line: BEAUTY TO HER WAS LESS IN ROUGH, GRAY THUNDER
Last Line: HER MORE ARTICULATE ASHES TOLD OUR BLUNDER.
Subject(s): BEAUTY; ESTHETICS;

Beauty to her was less in rough, gray thunder
Than in the little waves along the shoal;
Beauty to her was less in words than wonder,
Less wonder than a triumphing of soul.

In hourly intervals of white desire
Her body fell a prey to Beauty's plunder.
Afar, pale signals seemed her spirit's fire --
Her more articulate ashes told our blunder.



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