Versos English Edith Wharton Walther

English poem

Walther

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How beautiful thou standest there, Thyself a prophet of the May! The shining of thy golden hair Would melt December’s snows away. The roses on thy cheeks would woo Forth envious blossoms from their sleeps. And robins plume their breasts anew To mock the crimson of thy lips.