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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, by MARGARET BENGSTON SEVERNS
First Line: She moves in her surrounding realm
Last Line: With naught but tawdry gold and jade?
Subject(s): Beauty; Mortality
First Line: She moves in her surrounding realm
Last Line: With naught but tawdry gold and jade?
Subject(s): Beauty; Mortality
She moves in her surrounding realm,
A sensuous feline holding thrall.
She holds aloft her gilted head;
To her, grim life is just a ball.
Her toys are but the hearts of men.
On conquest only does she thrive.
Her shawl is gay deceitfulness
Her splendid figure to enlive.
She holds aloof of common things,
In glory lauds her languid power;
For worship only love she gives,
And beauty is her only dower.
But she too will be old some day.
False glowing glamor, too, will fade.
What then will be her life and joy,
With naught but tawdry gold and jade?
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