"Beauty and Beauty" by Rupert Brooke

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When Beauty and Beauty meet    All naked, fair to fair, The earth is crying-sweet,    And scattering-bright the air, Eddying, dizzying, closing round,    With soft and drunken laughter; Veiling all that may befall    After—after—   Where Beauty and Beauty met,    Earth's still a-tremble there, And winds are scented yet,    And memory-soft the air, Bosoming, folding glints of light,    And shreds of shadowy laughter; Not the tears that fill the years    After—after—            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Beauty and Beauty" was published in The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke (John Lane Company, 1915).   Rupert Brooke was born in 1887, in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. His books include Poems (Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1911) and 1914 & Other Poems (Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1915). He died in 1915. Poetry by Brooke   The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke (Echo Library, 2007) "Voyages II" by Hart Crane "Storm Ending" by Jean Toomer "Morning at the Window" by T. S. Eliot Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. If you enjoy Poem-a-Day, please consider making a donation to help make it possible. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038