Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CROWNED, by SARA TEASDALE


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First Line: I wear a crown invisible and clear
Last Line: And bind my brow forever with a thorn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Love


I WEAR a crown invisible and clear,
And go my lifted royal way apart
Since you have crowned me softly in your heart
With love that is half ardent, half austere;
And as a queen disguised might pass anear
The bitter crowd that barters in a mart,
Veiling her pride while tears of pity start,
I hide my glory thru a jealous fear.
My crown shall stay a sweet and secret thing
Kept pure with prayer at evensong and morn,
And when you come to take it from my head,
I shall not weep, nor will a word be said,
But I shall kneel before you, oh my king,
And bind my brow forever with a thorn.






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