Palinode
Who is Lydia, pray, and who Is Hypatia? Softly, dear, Let me breathe it in your ear-- They are you, and only you. And those other nameless two Walking in Arcadian air-- She that was so very fair? She that had the twilight hair?-- They were you, dear, only you. If I speak of night or day, Grace of fern or bloom of grape, Hanging cloud or fountain spray, Gem or star or glistening dew, Or of mythologic shape, Psyche, Pyrrha, Daphne, say-- I mean you, dear, you, just you.
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"Who is Lydia, pray, and who..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Thomas Bailey Aldrich delivers a powerful performance in "Palinode"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...