Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; AN UNCOMPLETED SONNET SEQUENCE: 2, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER


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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; AN UNCOMPLETED SONNET SEQUENCE: 2, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: That she is beautiful is not delight
Last Line: And oh the beauty of it, being thou!
Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta
Subject(s): Mothers & Daughters


That she is beautiful is not delight,
As some think mothers joy, by pride of her,
To witness questing eyes caught prisoner
And hear her praised the livelong dancing night;
But the glad impulse that makes painters sight
Bids me note her and grow the happier;
And love that finds me as her worshipper
Reveals me each best loveliness aright.

Oh goddess head! Oh innocent brave eyes!
Oh curved and parted lips where smiles are rare
And sweetness ever! Oh smooth shadowy hair
Gathered around the silence of her brow!
Child, I'd needs love thy beauty stranger-wise:
And oh the beauty of it, being thou!






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