Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO A ROSE, by LOUISE LEIGHTON


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TO A ROSE, by                    
First Line: Layer on layer, your mute perfection grew
Last Line: O rose of perfect beauty, ever new?
Alternate Author Name(s): Purdy, Susan Louise
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


Layer on layer, your mute perfection grew
In eloquence of light, until revealed
To me, O crimson rose. Your form and hue
Infuse my quickened senses. I am healed
And stirred to vital life, for you relate
To Beauty, Truth, Idea, Intelligence,
And all of these are God. You demonstrate
His potency. My thoughts are evidence.

They lie who say that Beauty has no power,
That Ugliness can make a poem clear,
That Energy and Passion fit the hour,
That Beauty palls on mind -- on eye and ear.

Who can deny the verity of you,
O rose of perfect beauty, ever new?





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