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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SECRET, by COSMO MONKHOUSE Poet's Biography First Line: She passes in her beauty bright Last Line: But me, the sunshine of her soul. Alternate Author Name(s): Monkhouse, William Cosmo | |||
SHE passes in her beauty bright Amongst the mean, amongst the gay, And all are brighter for the sight, And bless her as she goes her way. And now a gleam of pity pours, And now a spark of spirit flies, Uncounted, from the unlock'd stores Of her rich lips and precious eyes. And all men look, and all men smile, But no man looks on her as I: They mark her for a little while, But I will watch her till I die. And if I wonder now and then Why this so strange a thing should be -- That she be seen by wiser men And only duly lov'd by me: I only wait a little longer, And watch her radiance in the room; Here making light a little stronger, And there obliterating gloom, (Like one who, in a tangled way, Watches the broken sun fall through, Turning to gold the faded spray, And making diamonds of dew). Until at last, as my heart burns, She gathers all her scatter'd light, And undivided radiance turns Upon me like a sea of light. And then I know they see in part That which God lets me worship whole. He gives them glances of her heart, But me, the sunshine of her soul. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DEAD MARCH by COSMO MONKHOUSE ANY SOUL TO ANY BODY by COSMO MONKHOUSE THE SPECTRUM by COSMO MONKHOUSE TO A FRIEND I CAN'T FIND by JAMES GALVIN ACROSS THE RED SKY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD FLEMING HELPHENSTINE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON AULD LANG SYNE by ROBERT BURNS GIVE ME THY HEART by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: PROEM by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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