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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...CAVE PAINTING by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE SNOW-SHOWER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT DON JUAN: CANTO 1 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A SMILE AS SMALL AS MINE by EMILY DICKINSON AFTER A JOURNEY by THOMAS HARDY THE VOYAGE TO VINLAND: 3. GUDRIDA'S PROPHECY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE LAST MAN; A LAKE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE SECRET OF THE BEES by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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