Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ORIENT, by ARMANDE ALICE FAIR


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ORIENT, by                    
First Line: White butterflies flitting across the face
Last Line: In a gauze of opal lure.
Subject(s): Asia; Butterflies; Insects; Moon; Stars; Far East; East Asia; Orient; Bugs


White butterflies flitting across the face
Of a pallid moon. Worlds beneath
A satin water-lily bares her breast,
Upon the surface of a fire-fly pool.
Wistaria, with slender finger-tip caresses and soothes.
A golden star suspended in mid-air.
And Orient has clasped thy soul
In a gauze of opal lure.





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