The Great Breath
George William Russell
1867 to 1935
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Its edges foamed with amethyst and rose,
Withers once the old blue flower of day:
There where the like a diamond glows,
Its petals fade away.
shadowy tumult stirs the dusky air;
Sparkle the delicate dews, the distant snows;
The great deep thrills—for through it
The breath of Beauty blows.
I saw how the trembling ages past,
Moulded to her by deep deeper breath,
Near'd to the hour when Beauty breathes last
And knows herself in death.