<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416866" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Wife-Blessed</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In youth he wrought, with eyes ablur,<br>Lorn-faced and long of hair--<br>In youth--in youth he painted her<br>A sister of the air--<br>Could clasp her not, but felt the stir<br>Of pinions everywhere.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>II.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She lured his gaze, in braver days,<br>And tranced him sirenwise;<br>And he did paint her, through a haze<br>Of sullen paradise,<br>With scars of kisses on her face<br>And embers in her eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>III.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And now--nor dream nor wild conceit--<br>Though faltering, as before--<br>Through tears he paints her, as is meet,<br>Tracing the dear face o'er<br>With lilied patience meek and sweet<br>As Mother Mary wore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Whitcomb+Riley">James Whitcomb Riley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416866" data-title="The Wife-Blessed de James Whitcomb Riley" data-description="I. In youth he wrought, with eyes ablur, Lorn-faced and long of hair-- In youth--in youth he painted her A sister of the air-- Could clasp her not, but felt the stir Of pinions everywhere. II. She lured his gaze, in braver days, And tranced hi..."></div> </div> </div>

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