Dannie Abse

Song for Pythagoras

White coat and purple coat
  a sleeve from both he sews.
That white is always stained with blood,
  that purple by the rose.
 
And phantom rose and blood most real
  compose a hybrid style;
white coat and purple coat
  few men can reconcile.
 
White coat and purple coat
  can each be worn in turn
but in the white a man will freeze
  and in the purple burn.
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