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Carol, every violet has
Heaven for a looking-glass!
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)
Every little glimmering pond
Claims the mighty shores beyond;
Shores no seaman ever hailed,
Seas no ship has ever sailed.
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)
Beauty is a fading flower,
Truth is but a wizard's tower,
Where a solemn death-bell tolls,
And a forest round it rolls.
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)
Deep in every heart it lies
With its untranscended skies;
For what heaven should bend above
Hearts that own the heaven of love?
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)
All the shores when day is done
Fade into the setting sun,
So the story tries to teach
More than can be told in speech.
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)
The shore that has no shore beyond.
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)
They wouldn't mourn for Peterkin, merry little Peterkin.
Put away your muskets, lay aside the drum,
Hang it by the wooden sword we made for little Peterkin!
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)
We have come by curious ways
To the Light that holds the days;
We have sought in haunts of fear
For that all-enfolding sphere:
And lo! it was not far, but near.
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)
Come and look for Peterkin, poor little Peterkin.
No one would believe us if we told them what we know,
Or they wouldn't grieve for Peterkin, merry little Peterkin...
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)
Like the dawn upon a dream
Slowly through the scented gloom
Crept once more the ruddy gleam
O'er the friendly nursery room.
There, before our waking eyes,
Large and ghostly, white and dim,
Dreamed the Flower that never dies,
Opening wide its rosy rim.
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)