Beauty

Theodosia Garrison 1874 – 1944



Sometimes, slow moving through unlovely days,
The need to look on beauty falls on me
As on the blind the anguished wish to see,
As on the dumb the urge to rage or praise;
Beauty of marble where the eyes may gaze
Till soothed to peace by white serenity,
Or canvas where one master hand sets free
Great colours that like angels blend and blaze.
  
O, there be many starved in this strange wise--
For this diviner food their days deny,
Knowing beyond their vision beauty stands
With pitying eyes--with tender, outstretched hands,
Eager to give to every passer-by
The loveliness that feeds a soul's demands.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBAABBA XCDDCD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 590
Words 107
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 6

Theodosia Garrison

also known as: Theodosia Pickering Garrison; Mrs. Frederic Faulks. Worked on the staff of Life Magazine; helped to organize the 250th Anniversary of the City of Newark, NJ (she was also born in Newark, NJ); resided in New Jersey. Was a houseguest of the famed poet E. Wilcox; made the Who's Who 1914 list. Information is difficult to collect on this poet. More will be posted at a later date. more…

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