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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COLOR, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER
First Line: What part of life is hiding
Last Line: Touched with diamonds of the sun.
Subject(s): Colors; Paintings & Painters
First Line: What part of life is hiding
Last Line: Touched with diamonds of the sun.
Subject(s): Colors; Paintings & Painters
What part of life is hiding
Is painted forever on the marked skins of beasts,
And in the clashing feathers of wild birds.
Dappled with the black of shadow
And the fierce tones that die in sunlight,
These wear forever in their clothing
The secret of their habitation.
The gaudy pheasant is lost in his thicket,
When noon is stippled orange on black with a green necklace,
And the jewelled scarlet of the cardinal
Sleeps beside the red burst
Of the trumpet vine,
Touched with diamonds of the sun.
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