A Baker Maid - A poem by A. A. B. Cavaness

A Baker Maid.

AGILE, clear-eyed, like sun ray bright and warm,
And dowered with the step and smile of spring.
With soft advance as is the blossoming
Of flowers, She comes^__the poetry of form.

An amber flame glows through the folded hair;
   The perfect curves of nature's liberty^__
As sensitive to sweetness in the air
   Anear, transfer their magic to the face
   Wherein the spirit's subtile chemistry
   Leaves art abashed by affluence of grace,
   And mystic charm of changing imagery.
Sweet dust of earth, the stars are coarser clay!
They only brighten night^__thou canst the day!

^__A. A. B. Cavaness.

Poems by Two Brothers
A. A. B. Cavaness & J. M. Cavaness
(Chetopa: J. M. Cavaness and Son Co. 1896)
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