Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO VENUS, THE EVENING STAR, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907)


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TO VENUS, THE EVENING STAR, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pure orb serene, that shinest still
Last Line: Oh love, oh radiant star!
Subject(s): Venus (planet)


PURE orb serene, that shinest still
Tho' youth be fled and Spring-time done,
And dreary Autumn, dark and chill,
Obscure our brief days' waning sun,
Oh Love, oh radiant Star!

Shine forth, and all is peace and light,
Tho' the sun sink and with him life!
Hide, and the deadly gloom of night
Descends, with hate, and wrong, and strife,
Oh Love, oh radiant Star!

Not thine the glare of garish noon,
Nor fever-heats of wild desire,
Nor craters of the ghostly moon
Silvered with dead phosphoric fire,
Oh Love, oh radiant Star!

But glowing, pure with primrose flame,
Steadfast as virgin-glances are,
Thro' life's swift seasons still the same
Light thou our heavenward pathway far,
Oh Love, oh radiant Star!





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