Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HEART O' BEAUTY, by WILLIAM SHARP


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HEART O' BEAUTY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O where are thy white hands, heart o' beauty?
Last Line: Heart o' beauty!
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Beauty; Hands; Hearts; Waves; White (color)


O where are thy white hands, Heart o' Beauty?
Heart o' Beauty!
They are as white foam on the swept sands,
Heart o' Beauty!
They are as white swans i' the dusk, thy white hands,
Wild swans in flight over shadowy lands,
Heart o' Beauty!

O lift again thy white hands, Heart o' Beauty,
Heart o' Beauty!
Harp to the white waves on the yellow sands,
Heart o' Beauty!
They will hearken now to these waving wands,
To the magic wands of thy white hands,
Heart o' Beauty!

From the white dawn till the grey dusk,
Heart o' Beauty!
I hear the unseen waves of unseen strands,
Heart o' Beauty!
I see the sun rise and set over shadowy lands,
But never, never, never thy white hands, thy white hands,
Heart o' Beauty!





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