He coveted her portrait.
He toiled as she grew gay.
She loved to see him labor
In that devoted way.
And in the end it pleased her,
But bowed him more with care.
Her rose-smile showed so plainly,
Her soul-smile was not there.
That night he groped without a lamp
To find a cloak, a book,
And on the vexing portrait
By moonrise chanced to look.
The color-scheme was out of key,
The maiden rose-smile faint,
But through the blessed darkness
She gleamed, his friendly saint.
The comrade, white, immortal,
His bride, and more than bride-
The citizen, the sage of mind,
For whom he lived and died.
The Moon Is A Painter
Vachel Lindsay
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Poem topics: night, soul, white, mind, lamp, book, color, citizen, saint, rose, bride, portrait, smile, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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