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Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен)


White Iris


White Iris was a princess
In a kingdom long ago,
Mysterious as moonlight
And silent as the snow.

She drew the world in wonder
And swayed it with desire,
Ere Babylon was builded
Or a stone laid in Tyre.

Yet here within my garden
Her loveliness appears,
Undimmed by any sorrow
Of all the tragic years.

How kind that earth should treasure
So beautiful a thing—
All mystical enchantment,
To stir our hearts in spring!



Bliss Carman's other poems:
  1. The Urban Pan
  2. Fireflies
  3. The Path to Sankoty
  4. The Sailing of the Fleets
  5. Daffodil's Return


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