Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIGHT AND DARK, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL


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First Line: Not the soul that's whitest
Last Line: For its burdened sister.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Love; Soul


NOT the soul that's whitest
Wakens love the sweetest:
When the heart is lightest
Oft the charm is fleetest.

While the snow-frail maiden,
Waits the time of learning,
To the passion laden
Turn with eager yearning.

While the heart is burning
Heaven with earth is banded:
To the stars returning
Go not empty-handed.

Ah, the snow-frail maiden!
Somehow truth has missed her,
Left the heart unladen
For its burdened sister.





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