Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OUR SHARE, by KATE BUTLER


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Classic and Contemporary Poetry

OUR SHARE, by                    
First Line: We crave our share of beauty, then we strive
Last Line: With eye that's keen reaps beauty everywhere.
Subject(s): Beauty


We crave our share of beauty, then we strive
To conjure it from elemental things.
The sculptor forms a god almost alive
From sodden clay made wet by miry springs.
The painter fixes beauty that will last;
His pigments hold forgotten summer's glow;
His June remains when forty Junes have passed;
No torrid sun can melt his winter snow.
While skilful fingers draw melodious notes
From instruments of ivories or strings,
The singers' harps are hidden in their throats.
There's living grace in curves the dancer flings.
The poet, airman, flying high in air,
With eye that's keen reaps beauty everywhere.





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