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The rose fades
and is renewed again
by its seed, naturally
but where

save in the poem
shall it go
to suffer no diminution
of its splendor
Created by guccipiggy
Last modified 2005-03-17 09:04 PM

Link to Stevens

Posted by guccipiggy at 2004-12-17 10:06 PM
Stevens' scheme is the inverse of Williams' (ephemerality in the mind; immortality in renewal)

<pre>
Beauty is momentary in the mind--
The fitful tracing of a portal;
But in the flesh it is immortal.

The body dies; the body's beauty lives.
So evenings die, in their green going,
A wave, interminably flowing.
So gardens die, their meek breath scenting
The cowl of winter, done repenting.
So maidens die, to the auroral
Celebration of a maiden's choral.
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(The lines that follow it appear contradictory)
 
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