Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHILOSOPHIES, by MADELEINE AARON First Line: The cedar seeks escape from the blue shade Last Line: And, fading, dies a regal fatalist. Subject(s): Cedar Trees; Flowers; Nature; Roses | ||||||||
The cedar seeks escape from the blue shade Her own expanded loveliness has made. The rose digs farther for a firmer hold Beneath her store of scented blossom mould. The runnel strives to cut a deeper bed During her silver flight, and leaps ahead To merge with widened waters, still and cool. But the white lily gleaming on the pool Lies in exalted idleness. To be Is better than the mad activity Of flurried runnels. Let the rose dig down, And let the towering cedar lift her crown. The water lily waits through sun and mist, And, fading, dies a regal fatalist. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHISPER OF THE ROSE by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG THE WISDOM OF THE ROSE by ELSA BARKER LOVE PLANTED A ROSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES ROSES; A VILANELLE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE PAINTER ON SILK by AMY LOWELL VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN WORDS IN A CERTAIN APPROPRIATE MODE by HAYDEN CARRUTH CIRCUS AT NIGHT by MADELEINE AARON |
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