CCLXXXVIII
O, I adjure thee, keep my words in mind,
Thou fragrant lily, thou too tempting flower,
Growing to grace in common sun and shower,
Close by the wayside for the world to find.
When I am absent, be thou deaf and blind
To earth’s allurements, to the fatal power
Of greed and glitter, that usurps the hour,
With empty thought and emptier faith combined.
O be thy heart austere and chaste, a nun
Haunting a solemn temple, far above
All save the pure religion of thy love.
So shall thy days as golden circles run
In music to thy conscience; every move
Nearing the triumph that will make us one.
(George Henry Boker)
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