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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHANCE-FALLEN SEED, by MARIE EMILIE GILCHRIST First Line: A wise wind surely could never have sown Last Line: In the shattered rock; in the stunted tree. | |||
A wise wind surely could never have sown The seed of a birch tree upon stone. Some careless breeze must have wafted it to A thread of moss and a drop of dew That caught the seed in a cranny of rock. And now great stout roots interlock And the stone is broken, wedged apart By the roots that pierce to its very heart. What silent yielding; what desperate need As the stone gave way to the living seed! What love or hate, if such there may be In the long slow passion of stone and tree, In the shattered rock; in the stunted tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O SI SIC OMNES by MARIE EMILIE GILCHRIST PART OF AUTUMN by MARIE EMILIE GILCHRIST WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ON LUCY, COUNTESS OF BEDFORD by BEN JONSON THE DEATH OF HARRISON by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS A PRIZE RIDDLE ON HERSELF WHEN 24 by ELIZABETH FRANCES AMHERST THE AFTERGLOW by MARIANNE CLARKE RUBICAM ROAD by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY ARGAN MOR by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE FLY (1) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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