Poems (Victor)/Lines to a Vase

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Poems
by Frances Fuller Victor
Lines to a Vase
2502419Poems — Lines to a VaseFrances Fuller Victor

LINES TO A VASE.

Thou art a dainty dream
Of Eastern art,
To make a sorrow seem
Of joy a part.


Within thy graceful curves
What hopes were urned!—
The ashes of lost loves
Once passioned-burned.


'Tis thus the Poet's heart
Entombs desire,
And seals from life apart
Promethean fire.


Behind his well-turned phrase,
His studied lines,
Hidden as in a vase
His soul's soul pines.