Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.
Moira ONeill18641955Beautys a Flower
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Beauty’s a flower,
But love is the jewel that wins the world.
Ailes was a girl that stepped on two bare feet;
In all my days I never seen the one as fair as she,
I’d have lost my life for Ailes, an’ she never cared for me.
There’s little knowin’ who may live to sing another song;
For Ailes was the fairest, but another is my wife,
An’ Mary—God be good to her!—is all I love in life.
Beauty’s a flower,
But love is the jewel that wins the world.