Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TRUE PARADISE, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER



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THE TRUE PARADISE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lord, is the poet to destruction vowed
Last Line: Through both the pale-blue windows of quick mind;


Lord, is the Poet to destruction vowed,
Like the dawn-feather of an April cloud,
Which signs in russet character or grey
The name of Beauty on the book of Day?
We poets crave no heav'n but what is ours --
These trees beside these rivers; these same flowers
Shaped and enfragranced to the English field
Where Thy best florist-craft is full revealed.
Trees by the river, birds upon the bough
My soul shall ask for, whose flesh enjoys them now
Through both the pale-blue windows of quick Mind;




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