BEAUTY is like a star Shamed in the bold daylight, But coming out of the far At the call of the mystic night. Beauty is like a dream; We wake, and lo, it is flown; Let us but sleep, 'twould seem We may make it our very own. Beauty is like a flower In a dusk garden set, That, reaved away, for an hour Gives of her odor yet. Beauty is like a tune Soft-played in a perfect place Where, slowly under the moon, Walk figures of wondrous grace. Beauty is like a flame That, fanned by the breath of men, Leaps into loud acclaim, Fitfully falls again. Yea, and they all are as one: They carry the world's desire, Out of far mystery spun, Melody, fragrance and fire! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOT DEAD, BUT GONE BEFORE by ANTIPHANES ARIZONA SUMMER by ELEANOR BALDWIN TO THE HONOURABLE AND VIRTUOUS LADY, THE LADY TASBURGH by WILLIAM BASSE THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: TO MIGNONNE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 29 by BLISS CARMAN SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 35 by BLISS CARMAN |