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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEAUTY, by FRANKLIN N. WOOD First Line: I know the variable day will bring Last Line: These find rare beauty in the commonplace. Subject(s): Beauty | |||
I know the variable day will bring A plethora of beauty in some form; An eddy of dry leaves before a storm, Or in the shadow of a pigeon's wing. Some count it an inconsequential thing To see an ash-can heaped with colored glass, A daisy in a patch of dusty grass, Or gulls, past city docks, low, pinioning. But those who love the river's changing lights, The quietness of ships, the afterglow Of sunset on some sea-dog's face; The witchery of over-jewelled nights, The amber of street lights on falling snow. These find rare beauty in the commonplace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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