Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LET ALL THE EARTH KEEP SILENCE, by LUCY A. K. ADEE First Line: How lovely is the silence of green, growing things Last Line: All praise him in their beautykeeping still. Subject(s): Nature; Silence; Worship | ||||||||
How lovely is the silence of green, growing things Orchard blossoms, apple, plum, and pear, Branches laden down by fruit they bear, Fields of everlasting, creeping vine, Mountain-forest, hemlock, balsam, pine, Gentian, asters, sweet-fern on the hill, All praise Him in their beautykeeping still. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL by CLAUDE MCKAY LITTLE WHITE CHURCH by MARILYN NELSON A STEEPLE ON THE HOUSE by ROBERT FROST MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by GEORGE SANTAYANA FRAGMENTS WRITTEN WHILE TRAVELING...A MIDWESTERN HEAT WAVE by JAMES GALVIN |
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