Lesbia Harford

Here you will find the Poem A Sophistical Argument of poet Lesbia Harford

A Sophistical Argument

Great crane o'ertopping the delicate trees 
Why do you seem so fair, 
Swaying and raising your load with ease 
High in the misty air? 
You are a wonder of pearl and grey 
Lifting strong arms to the sky. 
Have you a meaning that's lovely, pray? 
Why are you lovely, why? 
I have a friend with a theory strange, 
Thriftless in unity, 
None of my reasons avails to change. 
'Beauty is truth,' says she. 
Are you all ugliness, Fair-to-the-sense? 
You are a symbol drear. 
Though I should forfeit mine innocence, 
Yet must I hold you dear.