Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET SEQUENCE: 1, by CONDE BENOIST PALLEN


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First Line: I care not what the colour of her hair
Last Line: Such wondrous beauty in so fair a shrine.
Subject(s): Beauty


I care not what the colour of her hair;
Her beauty cometh not from dark or fair:
For round her head Love's haloed glories throw
A luminous light more soft and brilliant far
Than on the evening's front its tender star
Burns clear above the sunken sun below.
I never saw the colour of her eyes;
I only care to know that in them lies
A limpid depth that melts before the gaze
In softer deeper lights expanding clear
Into the soul's intenser atmosphere;
And there I worship uttering praise
To God's high craft, that he has made to shine
Such wondrous beauty in so fair a shrine.





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