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Murphy, Sr. Ellen
SR. ELLEN MURPHY BEAUTY-A CHARACTER SKETCH Beauty is well-bred and asks nothing but that the other be delighted and at ease, freely left to wonder before a living ocean, flights of river-spanning...
...She welcomes casually, from doorsteps smiling with everyday homeland love that a child can endure...
...In song and conversation she is heard: meadowlark, Pergolesi, friends...
...With views as vast as seas and firmament she greets with peace the hurried, crowded gaze of those who seek her in perplexities...
...Those facets of her nature unfathomable, rich, disturbing, she keeps for lovers, suffering, subtle and mature...
...a recognition in the poet's mind of courtesies expected, true, surprising...
...With the sky's energies she lights the days with high intent, creating deep content and discontent...
...Things ordered and divined are secrets open as a tree or flower...
...ELLEN MURPHY BEAUTY-A CHARACTER SKETCH Beauty is well-bred and asks nothing but that the other be delighted and at ease, freely left to wonder before a living ocean, flights of river-spanning bridges, groves of nourishing orange trees...
...her phrasing freely endears the listener to her word...
Vol. 103 • January 1976 • No. 1
