FLOWER -- I never fancied, jewel -- I profess you! Bright I see and soft I feel the outside of a flower. Save but glow inside and -- jewel, I should guess you, Dim to sight and rough to touch: the glory is the dower. You, forsooth, a flower? Nay, my love, a jewel -- Jewel at no mercy of a moment in your prime! Time may fray the flower-face: kind be time or cruel, Jewel, from each facet, flash your laugh at time! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GIRL OF CADIZ by GEORGE GORDON BYRON RESURRECTION, IMPERFECT by JOHN DONNE THE BABIE by JEREMIAH EAMES RANKIN MINIVER CHEEVY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON LAUS DEO! by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER MOUNTAIN PICTURES: 2. MONADNOCK FROM WACHUSETT by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER EPISTLES ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF WOMEN: 2 by LUCY AIKEN |