The World's Desire
Beauty is like a star
Shamed in the bold daylight,
But coming out of the far
At the call of the mystic night.
Beauty is like a dream;
We wake, and lo, it is flown;
Let us but sleep, 'twould seem
We may make it our very own.
Beauty is like a flower
In a dusk garden set,
That, reaved away, for an hour
Gives of her odor yet.
Beauty is like a tune
Soft-played in a perfect place
Where, slowly under the moon,
Walk figures of wondrous grace.
Beauty is like a flame
That, fanned by the breath of men,
Leaps into loud acclaim,
Fitfully falls again.
Yea, and they all are as one:
They carry the world's desire,
Out of far mystery spun,
Melody, fragrance and fire!
Shamed in the bold daylight,
But coming out of the far
At the call of the mystic night.
Beauty is like a dream;
We wake, and lo, it is flown;
Let us but sleep, 'twould seem
We may make it our very own.
Beauty is like a flower
In a dusk garden set,
That, reaved away, for an hour
Gives of her odor yet.
Beauty is like a tune
Soft-played in a perfect place
Where, slowly under the moon,
Walk figures of wondrous grace.
Beauty is like a flame
That, fanned by the breath of men,
Leaps into loud acclaim,
Fitfully falls again.
Yea, and they all are as one:
They carry the world's desire,
Out of far mystery spun,
Melody, fragrance and fire!
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