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1907 · PDF PAGE 75

Rodin in Rime

LA PENSEE XQUISITE fairy, flower from stone begotten Sprung into sudden shape of maidenhood, Hast thou thy father’s anguish all forgotten? Hast thou a balm, who hast hardly understood? Is not thy beauty for his comfort moulded, Thy joy and purity his won reward ? Sweet blush of blood, pale blossom lightly folded, To thee did he carve his way by right of sword ? Thou who art all delight to all of us, Hast thou no special intimate caress For him whose bloody sweat stood murderous On the writhen brow, the bosom of distress ? Ay! for his anguish th…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 59

Rodin in Rime

Thou hast seen, thou hast showed, that as it was on earth So shall it be in resurrection birth. -The cycle of weariness and passionate pain Is and was ever and must be again. .There is no death! Ah! that is misery! For this, Lord Christ, is it that thou wouldst be, Thou yesterday, to-day, and thou to-morrow? The mystery of this our life is sorrow. BO

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1907 · PDF PAGE 50

Rodin in Rime

…olour and song And form, we are Muses most tender to take Thy life up to Art that was lost over long. Adonis, awake! Adonis, awake! thou hast risen above The fear in the forest, the brute in the brake. | Thou art sacred to shrines that are higher than Love! Adonis, awake! 1 Properly the sequel to Mort d’ Adonis on p. 62. 30

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