Beauty
not the beautiful youth with features of bloom & brightness
but the bronzed old farmer & father
not the soldiers trim in handsome uniforms marching off to sprightly music with measured step
but the remnant returning thinned out,
not the beautiful flag with stainless white, spangled with silver & gold
But the old rag just adhering to the staff, in tatters--the remnant of many battle-fields
not the beautiful girl or the elegant lady with ? complexion,
But the mechanic's wife at work or the mother of many children, middle-aged or old
Not the vaunted scenery of the tourist, picturesque,
But the plain landscape, the bleak sea shore, or the barren plain, with the common sky & sun,--or at night the moon & stars.
but the bronzed old farmer & father
not the soldiers trim in handsome uniforms marching off to sprightly music with measured step
but the remnant returning thinned out,
not the beautiful flag with stainless white, spangled with silver & gold
But the old rag just adhering to the staff, in tatters--the remnant of many battle-fields
not the beautiful girl or the elegant lady with ? complexion,
But the mechanic's wife at work or the mother of many children, middle-aged or old
Not the vaunted scenery of the tourist, picturesque,
But the plain landscape, the bleak sea shore, or the barren plain, with the common sky & sun,--or at night the moon & stars.
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