Gigli’s Photo of the Week, 9/25/2011
Sunday, September 25th, 2011Photography by Rich Gigli
Morning Glory
THE MORNING-GLORY
Florence Earle Coats – [1850-1927]
Was it worth while to paint so fair
Thy every leaf – to vein with faultless art
Each petal, taking the boon light and air
Of summer so to heart?
To bring thy beauty unto perfect flower,
Then, like a passing fragrance or a smile,
Vanish away, beyond recovery’s power –
Was it, frail bloom, worth while?
Thy silence answers: “Life was mine!
And I, who pass without regret or grief,
Have cared the more to make my moment fine,
Because it was so brief.
“In its first radiance I have seen
The sun! – why tarry then till comes the night?
I go my way, content that I have been
Part of the morning light!”