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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT THOUGH THE GREEN LEAF GROW?, by MAYBURY FLEMING Last Line: What though the red leaf fall? | |||
WHAT though the green leaf grow? 'T will last a month and day; In all sweet flowers that blow Lurks Death, his slave Decay. But if my lady smile There is no Death at all; The world is fair the while, -- What though the red leaf fall? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO GUIDO CAVALCANTI by DANTE ALIGHIERI THE LISTENERS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FRIENDSHIP'S MYSTERY, TO MY DEAREST LUCASIA by KATHERINE PHILIPS THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI PSALM 18. DILIGAM TE by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ON A LETTER: 2 by MATHILDE BLIND NIAGARA by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE FO'C'S'LE YARNS: 1ST SERIES. DEDICATION by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |
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