Friendship poems famous - THE LOTUS-FLOWER ALL the heights of the high
THE LOTUS-FLOWER
ALL the heights of the high shores gleam Red and gold at the sunset hour ; There comes the spell of a magic dream, And the Harbour seems a lotus-flower.
A blue flower tinted at dawn with gold, A broad flower blazing with light at noon,
A flower for ever with charms to hold His heart who sees it by sun or moon.
Its beauty burns like a ceaseless fire, And tower looks over the top of tower;
For all mute things, it would seem, aspire To catch a glimpse of the lotus-flower.
Men meet its beauty with furrowed face, And straight the furrows are smoothed away
They buy and sell in the market-place, And langour leadens their blood all day.
At night they look on the flower, and lo!
The City passes with all its cares: They dream no more in its azure glow,
Of gold and silver and stocks and shares.
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