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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PASQUE FLOWER, by MARY BOYNTON COWDREY First Line: I come, mother earth, when the air is chill Last Line: A flower of the early flowering season. Subject(s): American Pasque (flower) | |||
I come, Mother Earth, when the air is chill, The snow blanket still covers you, Even as the down protects my head today; But the fertile soil is kind, And there is an ever-running little brook. An old man of the Dakotah nation finds me; He sits beside me in your lap, Mother Earth, He fills his pipe with sweet tobacco, He lights it with the mystery of fire, He breathes into it the breath of life; Gently he smokes so that thin rings Ascend languidly into the crystal air. He turns his pipe toward the pulsing earth, He turns it toward the azure sky, He turns it toward himself. Unseen powers will guide him even as I am sent To guide the flowers which are to come; Thus am I rewarded for faith, for courage, for love, Thus are the gifts of the gods united in me -- A flower of the early flowering season. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 6 by JAMES JOYCE SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: 7. THE MEASURE OF BEAUTY by THOMAS CAMPION AN ANATOMY OF THE WORLD: THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY by JOHN DONNE THE SOLDIER by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS BY THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES AT CHARING CROSS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 31. HER GIFTS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI ON A GREEK VASE by FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN |
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