“Every gaudy color
Is a bit of truth.”
"The Vestal"
The Janitor's Boy And Other Poems (1924)
Context: p>Finally she faltered;
Saw at last, forsooth,
Every gaudy color
Is a bit of truth.
Then the gates were opened;
Miracles were seen;
That instructed damsel
Donned a gown of green;Wore it in a churchyard,
All arrayed with care;
And a painted rainbow
Shone above her there.</p
"Imperfection"
Swear By the Night and Other Poems (1936)
“Once a pallid Vestal
Doubted truth in blue;
Listed red in ruin,
Harried every hue;”
"The Vestal" <!-- p. 15 -->
The Janitor's Boy And Other Poems (1924)
Context: p>Once a pallid Vestal
Doubted truth in blue;
Listed red in ruin,
Harried every hue;Barricaded vision,
Garbed herself in sighs;
Ridiculed the birthmarks
Of the butterflies.</p
"Imperfection"
Swear By the Night and Other Poems (1936)