Nature
The Water-Lily
From Poems and Phantasies (1917)
Nature
The Lily floated white and red,
Pouring its scent up to the sun;
The rapt sun floating overhead
Watched no such other one.
None marked it as it spread abroad
And beautifully learned to cease:
But Beauty is its own reward,
Being a form of Peace.
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MLA
Nichols, Robert. “The Water-Lily.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nichols/59/.
Chicago
Nichols, Robert. “The Water-Lily.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nichols/59/.
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