Poem

Mar. 20th, 2014 12:46 am
avevale_intelligencer: (self-evident)
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TO ONE LONG LOVED

For fifty years I've known that you were fair
And so you are. No longer young, it's true,
But beauty is not eyes or skin or hair
And youth was never all the fair of you.
Youth is not part of us; it comes and goes,
And leaves us changed, a shadow of our past.
Roses grow rank and foul; but then a rose
Has not a soul, and so it cannot last.
The soul is where the truest beauty dwells,
And that can never wither, never die.
In spite of all the wicked lies time tells
Its truth remains, refuting every lie.
And that which made you lovely then, I vow,
Is that which makes you still more lovely now.

Date: 2014-03-20 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] filkerdave.livejournal.com
Wow. This is really, really, really good.

Date: 2014-03-20 02:38 am (UTC)
batyatoon: (mightier than the sword)
From: [personal profile] batyatoon
This is really beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Date: 2014-03-20 04:37 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] thnidu.livejournal.com
Oh yes. Thank you, Zander, and all best wishes to you and the Duchess.

Date: 2014-03-20 07:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] little-cinnamon.livejournal.com
This is beautiful.

Date: 2014-03-20 07:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] murphys-lawyer.livejournal.com
...

Thank you.

Date: 2014-03-20 09:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coth.livejournal.com
Love this. Thank you.

Date: 2014-03-20 04:14 pm (UTC)

Date: 2014-03-20 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grey-lady.livejournal.com
Absolutely lovely!

Date: 2014-03-21 04:01 am (UTC)
patoadam: Photo of me playing guitar in the woods (Default)
From: [personal profile] patoadam
Wow. That's incredibly beautiful.
Edited Date: 2014-03-21 04:02 am (UTC)

Date: 2014-03-21 02:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dickgloucester.livejournal.com
This is beautiful.

Date: 2014-03-22 12:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lastalda.livejournal.com
So very beautiful! Thank you for sharing, and all the best to both of you! :-)

Date: 2014-03-23 01:48 pm (UTC)
aunty_marion: Vaguely Norse-interlace dragon, with knitting (Default)
From: [personal profile] aunty_marion
Awww. *sniffles* Hugs to you and Jan.

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