A Refrain
By Thomas Bailey Aldrich
High in a tower she sings,
I, passing by beneath,
Pause and listen, and catch
These words of passionate breath --Asphodel, flower of Life; amaranth, flower of Death!
Sweet voice, sweet unto tears!
What is this that she saith?
Poignant, mystical -- hark!
Again, with passionate breath --Asphodel, flower of Life; amaranth, flower of Death!
Source Book
Unguarded Gates: And Other Poems
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Copyright 1895
Published by Houghton, Mifflin And Company,Boston And New York
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