E Nesbit

The Rainbow and the Rose E Nesbit

Publisher Marketing: Excerpt: ...is the trap; this is the snare, This is the false, enchanting light, And when it smoulders into night, How can each know the other is there? They own no bond of common speech; Each, from far shores by wild winds brought, Gropes for some cord of common thought To draw the other within reach. Each when the dark tide drowns their star, Cries out, "Thou art not one with me: One flesh we seemed when eyes could see, But now, how far thou art! How far!" Each calling, "Come! be mine! be wise!" Stands obstinately in his place, How can these two come face to face, Till light spring from their meeting eyes? Could both but once cry, "Far thou art, But I am coming!" How the beat Of waves that part them would retreat, Resurge and find them, heart to heart! THE WAY OF LOVE. THE butterfly loves the rose, He flutters around her bed, Till the soft curled leaves unclose, And she raises her darling head. He whispers of dawn and of dew, Of love, and the heart of love, Of worship, timid and true, And she takes no joy thereof. But when, through the noon's blind heat, The arrogant bee flaunts by, She yields him her heart's hid sweet, And he leaves her alone, to die. The depth of her dying bliss Her grief-white butterfly knows: And the bee laughs low in the kiss Of another, a redder rose. TO ONE WHO PLEADED FOR CANDOUR IN LOVE. HERE is the dim enchanted wood Your face, a mystery divine, But half revealed, half understood, Appears the counterpart of mine. Beyond the wood the daylight lies; Cruel and hard, it lies in wait To steal the magic from your eyes And from your lips the thrill of fate. Ah, stay with me a little while Here, where the magic shadows rest, Where all my world is in your smile And all my heaven on your breast. Ah no!-cling close, what need to move, What need to... Contributor Bio:  Nesbit, E English author Edith Nesbit's impressive body of work includes poems, plays, novels, and even ghost stories, however, she is best known for her beloved children's adventure stories, published under the name E. Nesbit. Among Nesbit's best-known works are The Story of the Treasure-Seekers, The Railway Children, The Wouldbegoods and Five Children and It. Nesbit's novels departed from the children's literary tradition of fantasy-worlds popularized by Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, and instead focused on the adventures to be had from real-life experiences. Nesbit's work inspired other writers like C. S. Lewis, P. L Travers, and J. K. Rowling, and many of her stories have been adapted for film and television. In addition to writing, Nesbit was an activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist group that provided the foundation for the modern British Labour Party. Nesbit died in 1924.