Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE JEWELS OF DAWN AND OF DUSK, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE


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THE JEWELS OF DAWN AND OF DUSK, by                    
First Line: Like a diamond on a roseleaf when the dew has
Last Line: So steals upon a darken'd heart thy smile.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Flowers; Hearts; Love; Roses


I

LIKE a diamond on a roseleaf when the dew has gemm'd the flower,
Like the first faint flush of sunrise stealing over stream and tower,
Like the palest light of evening, darkly deep'ning every hour,
So the jewels of dawn and dusk meet in thine eyes.

II

Like a brook that purls and ripples ever with a silvery sound,
Like the chime of distant sleigh-bells tinkling over frosty ground,
Like a soft-toned Stradivarius breathing on a spirit-wound,
So cadenced falls the music of thy voice.

III

Like the whiteness of the hawthorn when the summer months are near,
Like the warmth of tender nestlings zoned within a mossy sphere,
Like the bounty of the gorse-bloom that engarlands all the year,
So boon to bless, thy love-enladen hands.

IV

Like the tints that fall at sunset on a cloudlet's drifting snow,
Like the flash of crimson streamers when the Alpine ridges glow,
Like the blossoms of the almond, like the petals of the sloe,
So blush and pale the roses of thy cheeks.

V

Like the dawn to one immuréd in a dungeon cold and grim,
Like the faint, far hope of Summer breaking over woodlands dim,
Like soft moonlight on the waters when it floods the ocean's brim,
So steals upon a darken'd heart thy smile.





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