Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEAUTY, by FRANKLIN N. WOOD


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BEAUTY, by                    
First Line: I know the variable day will bring
Last Line: These find rare beauty in the commonplace.
Subject(s): Beauty


I know the variable day will bring
A plethora of beauty in some form;
An eddy of dry leaves before a storm,
Or in the shadow of a pigeon's wing.
Some count it an inconsequential thing
To see an ash-can heaped with colored glass,
A daisy in a patch of dusty grass,
Or gulls, past city docks, low, pinioning.
But those who love the river's changing lights,
The quietness of ships, the afterglow
Of sunset on some sea-dog's face;
The witchery of over-jewelled nights,
The amber of street lights on falling snow.
These find rare beauty in the commonplace.





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