Love
Beautiful
From The Singing Leaves (1903)
Love
I have no word to tell you
The beauty of her face;
From her, a wedding garment
Would win a grace.
And as the glow of moonrise
Will make the east divine,
Doth Soul, the radiant dweller,
Her face outshine.
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MLA
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Beautiful.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/42/.
Chicago
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Beautiful.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/42/.
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