MYSTERY: lo! betwixt the sun and moon
Astarte of the Syrians: Venus Queen
Ere Aphrodite was. In silver sheen
Her twofold girdle clasps the infinite boon
Of bliss whereof the heaven and earth commune:
And from her neck's inclining flower-stem lean
Love-freighted lips and absolute eyes that wean
The pulse of hearts to the spheres' dominant tune.
Torch-bearing, her sweet ministers compel
All thrones of light beyond the sky and sea
The witnesses of Beauty's face to be:
That face, of Love's all-penetrative spell
Amulet, talisman, and oracle,-
Betwixt the sun and moon a mystery.
Astarte Syriaca
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Poem topics: beauty, flower, heaven, light, sea, silver, sky, earth, sweet, queen, infinite, aphrodite, absolute, moon, sun, face, mystery, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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