Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OF TRANSIENT BEAUTY, by SOPHIE JEWETT


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OF TRANSIENT BEAUTY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Rose-flower and flower of grass and flower of flame
Last Line: The years may fashion an immortal name.
Alternate Author Name(s): Burroughs, Ellen
Subject(s): Beauty; Transience; Universities & Colleges - Faculty; Wellesley College; Impermanence


ROSE-FLOWER and flower of grass and flower of flame
Drift to the Beauty whence their beauty came;
Fainter are they, more brief, than this June wind,
Yet for the impalpable grace they leave behind
The years may fashion an immortal name.





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