Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OH, HER BEAUTY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Oh, her beauty was such that it
Last Line: Till I had thanked god for so rescuing me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Beauty; Faces


OH, her beauty was such that it dazzled my eyes
Like a dreamer's, who, gazing in day-dying skies,
Sees the snow of the clouds and the gold of the sun
And the blue of the heavens all blended in one
Indescribable luster of glorious light,
Swooning into the moon of a mid-summer night.

Oh, her beauty was such that I fancied her hair
Was a cloud of the tempest, tied up with a glare
Of pale purple lightning, that darted and ran
Through the coils like the blood in the veins of a man:
And from dark silken billows that girdled her free,
Her shoulder welled up like the moon from the sea.

Oh, her beauty was such, as I knelt, with the tips
Of the fingers uplifted she snatched from my lips,
And saw the white flood of her wrath as it dashed
O'er the features, that one moment later had flashed
From my vision forever, I raised not a knee
Till I had thanked God for so rescuing me.





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