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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 39, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: O thou, who somewhere braidest billowy gold
Last Line: That never knew how graciously she stood!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies; Love
First Line: O thou, who somewhere braidest billowy gold
Last Line: That never knew how graciously she stood!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies; Love
'O thou, who somewhere braidest billowy gold,
Looking upon thyself with lowly eyes,
When in thy glass thy dawning charms unfold
At morn and eve their maiden mysteries,
As half unconscious where thy sweetness lies!
Like some white, slender lily of the wood,
That never knew how graciously she stood!
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