Arts & Sciences
Beauty
From Poems (1922)
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As a sword in the sun—
A glory calling a glory—
Our eyes, seeing it run,
Capture its gleam for our story.
Singer, marvellous gleam
Dancing in splendid light,
Here you have brought us our dream—
Ah, but its stay is its flight!
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Codex Note
Beauty is 'a sword in the sun', a glory calling to a glory; its stay is its flight.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rosenberg, Isaac. “Beauty.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rosenberg/30/.
Chicago
Rosenberg, Isaac. “Beauty.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rosenberg/30/.
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