Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHER TO DAUGHTER, by MARGUERITE STEFFAN First Line: It is not just because you might be fair Last Line: My head as one who shaped a priceless gift. Subject(s): Magnolias | ||||||||
It is not just because you might be fair As that magnolia blossom opening wide Its curved white petals to the sunny air -- That, watching you, I glow with artists' pride; It is because -- as from the blossom's rim Fresh waves of sweetness ripple into space -- Your eyes, your lips, your very gestures brim With springs of joy so rich they might embrace All arid wastes, all frozen poles of grief, And make them flower. . . . It is because such joy Lingers like incense for the world's belief; Because like gold, untarnished by alloy, It shines in doubt's grey palm -- therefore I lift My head as one who shaped a priceless gift. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O'KEEFFE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE MAGNOLIA TREE by EASTER ROHRER BECKER MAGNOLIAS IN THE MOONLIGHT by INEZ E. FRANCK SONNET: MAGNOLIA GARDENS by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE MAGNOLIA BLOSSOMS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER TO A MAGNOLIA FLOWER IN THE GARDEN OF AN ARMENIAN CONVENT AT VENICE by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA by CORA CASE PORTER THREE NATURE POEMS: MAGNOLIA TREE by EVA HINTON ROBINSON MAGNOLIA by MARGARET SACKVILLE TWO POEMS FROM THE WAR: 2 by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE POOR-HOUSE by SARA TEASDALE THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: THE CHESSBOARD by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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