Between the shadowy land and voiceless sea, <br />They met by twilight on the sterile coast. <br />Said Beauty: 'I am of eternity. <br />Bow down to me!' Said Truth: 'You are but ghost.' <br /> <br />And Beauty like a silver mist took flight, <br />And heard far off the sorrow of Time's laugher. <br />Going she wept, with tears of bitter light, <br />And on her path great pearls were found long after. <br /> <br />'See now!' cried Truth. 'Her feet have left no trace!' <br />And at a pool abandoned by the tide <br />Knelt down to see the beauty of his face, <br />To find stars mirrored there-and naught beside.<br /><br />George Sterling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/beauty-and-truth-4/
