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== The Golden Rose == | == The Golden Rose == | ||
an Elizabethan sonnet | ''an Elizabethan sonnet'' | ||
Within an onyx labyrinth I woke, | Within an onyx labyrinth I woke, | ||
Not knowing where my feet had gone before, | Not knowing where my feet had gone before, | ||
When it appeared, like Helios invoked- | When it appeared, like Helios invoked- | ||
Like saffron silk about an amber core- | Like saffron silk about an amber core- | ||
Like citrine set about with liquid gold- | Like citrine set about with liquid gold- | ||
A rose that shone from deep within its heart | A rose that shone from deep within its heart | ||
With grace unending, lovely to behold. | With grace unending, lovely to behold. | ||
I wondered what divinely crafted art | I wondered what divinely crafted art | ||
Could to one blossom so much splendor give. | Could to one blossom so much splendor give. | ||
And even as it led me from the maze | And even as it led me from the maze | ||
I wondered if on earth its equal lived. | I wondered if on earth its equal lived. | ||
I’ve found not yet, though I’ve searched all my days | I’ve found not yet, though I’ve searched all my days | ||
Through forests, fortresses, verses, and prose, | Through forests, fortresses, verses, and prose, | ||
A greater beauty than the golden rose. | A greater beauty than the golden rose. | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 16 May 2010
The Golden Rose
an Elizabethan sonnet
Within an onyx labyrinth I woke,
Not knowing where my feet had gone before,
When it appeared, like Helios invoked-
Like saffron silk about an amber core-
Like citrine set about with liquid gold-
A rose that shone from deep within its heart
With grace unending, lovely to behold.
I wondered what divinely crafted art
Could to one blossom so much splendor give.
And even as it led me from the maze
I wondered if on earth its equal lived.
I’ve found not yet, though I’ve searched all my days
Through forests, fortresses, verses, and prose,
A greater beauty than the golden rose.
