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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BEAUTIFUL, by JOHN AYLMER DORGAN
First Line: The beautiful, which mocked his fond pursuing
Last Line: Who was the beautiful.
First Line: The beautiful, which mocked his fond pursuing
Last Line: Who was the beautiful.
THE Beautiful, which mocked his fond pursuing,
The poet followed long;
With passionate purpose the shy shadow wooing,
And soul-betraying song.
And still the fervor of his fond endeavor
To him seemed poured in vain,
And all in vain, forever and forever,
The sorrow of his strain.
But when at last he perished broken-hearted,
The world, grown dark and dull,
Bewailed the radiance with him departed
Who was the Beautiful.
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