Arts & Sciences

Beauty That Is Never Old

by James Weldon Johnson 1871–1938

From Fifty Years & Other Poems (1917)

Arts & Sciences

When buffeted and beaten by life's storms,
When by the bitter cares of life oppressed,
I want no surer haven than your arms,
I want no sweeter heaven than your breast.

When over my life's way there falls the blight
Of sunless days, and nights of starless skies;
Enough for me, the calm and steadfast light
That softly shines within your loving eyes.

The world, for me, and all the world can hold
Is circled by your arms; for me there lies,
Within the lights and shadows of your eyes,
The only beauty that is never old.

MLA

Johnson, James Weldon. “Beauty That Is Never Old.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_jw/41/.

Chicago

Johnson, James Weldon. “Beauty That Is Never Old.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_jw/41/.

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