Who is in love with loveliness, 
 Need not shake with cold; 
 For he may tear a star in two, 
 And frock himself in gold. 
 Who holds her first within his heart, 
 In certain favor goes; 
 If his roof tumbles, he may find 
 Harbor in a rose.
In praise of common things: Lizette Woodworth Reese revisited (1992 edition), Greenwood Pub Group























