THE USES OF BEAUTY.
Heart-throbs of Poesy;
Old storied walls;
Tint-beams of brilliancy
When daylight falls;
Floods of wild melody
Through palace-halls;
Twilight mists on the deep;
Keen stars above;
Woman’s sweet fellowship,
Holy home—Love;—
All that Earth preaches
By Beauty, is given
To train and to teach us,
And mould us for Heaven.
H.G.K.