Anthology of Modern Slavonic Literature in Prose and Verse/The Artist to the Woman
1. THE ARTIST TO THE WOMAN.
Thou art my harp! Beneath the spell I shed
Thou dost intone an anthem golden-strained,
And thou art all in harmony contained,
Of song the living spring and fountain-head.
I rule o'er thee! My heart is moved, and I
Unto thy beauty deathlessness bestow,
That noble spirits on their knees sink low,
Humbly ecstatic as thou soar'st on high.
Demon or angel thou art unto me,—
This know: a lotus-flower or frenzy's fount,
Where I in thirst and potent yearning turn.
O thou, my ruler and my slave!—with thee
Unto the shrine of the ideal I mount,
That thou may'st live, my heart thereon I burn.
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929. The longest-living author of this work died in 1970, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 53 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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