White Iris

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Title:     White Iris
Author: Bliss Carman [More Titles by Carman]

White Iris was a princess
In a kingdom long ago,
Mysterious as moonlight
And silent as the snow.

She drew the world in wonder
And swayed it with desire,
Ere Babylon was builded
Or a stone laid in Tyre.

Yet here within my garden
Her loveliness appears,
Undimmed by any sorrow
Of all the tragic years.

How kind that earth should treasure
So beautiful a thing--
All mystical enchantment,
To stir our hearts in spring!

[The end]
Bliss Carman's poem: White Iris

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