The Cactus
Stars of the Desert
The scarlet flower, with never a sister leaf,Stemless, springs from the edge of the Cactus-thorn:Thus from the ragged wounds of desperate griefA beautiful Thought, perfect and pure, is born.
Adela Florence Cory Nicolson (1865–1904)
Stars of the Desert
The scarlet flower, with never a sister leaf,Stemless, springs from the edge of the Cactus-thorn:Thus from the ragged wounds of desperate griefA beautiful Thought, perfect and pure, is born.