The Portrait (verse)
Wilde, Edna Judson
The Portrait Grey, all grey, from the soles of her feet to her crown! Grey are her eyes and hair, and grey is her shimmering gown! Give me a peacock feather to place in her shapely hand, And a...
...EDNA JUDSON WILDE...
...Wait, when touched by the sunlight, the grey sea changes to blue, Perhaps a thought in her eyes will change and warm them too...
...Still, her eyes are grey and cold as the wintry sea: What shall I do to brighten the glance that she turns on me...
...Give me a peacock feather to place in her shapely hand, And a fold of gentian velvet to circle her head with a band...
Vol. 11 • April 1930 • No. 24
