MYRIAD Roses, unregretted, perish in their vernal bloom, That the essence of their sweetness @3once@1 your Beauty may perfume. Myriad Veins of richest life-blood empty for their priceless worth, To exalt @3one@1 Will imperial over spacious realms of earth. Myriad Hearts are pained and broken that @3one@1 Poet may be taught To discern the shapes of passion and describe them as he ought. Myriad Minds of heavenly temper pass as passes moon or star, That @3one@1 philosophic Spirit may ascend the solar car. Sacrifice and Self-devotion hallow earth and fill the skies, And the meanest Life is sacred whence the highest may arise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VIRGIN'S SLUMBER SONG by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL TO HIM THAT WAS CRUCIFIED by WALT WHITMAN FLOATING HEARTS by GEORGE BRADFORD BARTLETT SHEKLA: A VISION by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE MAN WHO RODE TO CONEMAUGH by JOHN ELIOT BOWEN |