Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN AN OLD CEMETERY, by LILLAH A. ASHLEY


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IN AN OLD CEMETERY, by                    
First Line: A tree with feathery blossoms by the wall
Last Line: Are gay with little bells swung to and fro.
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Graveyards


A tree with feathery blossoms by the wall
Breathes a faint fragrance; from the iron fence
A robin calls, while shimmering over all
The haze of spring sheds its soft indolence.
Beauty has spread her shawl upon the grass --
A perfumed mantle woven faultlessly
O'er the forgotten dead, till none may pass
Unthinking by that silent company.
How long ago -- what unremembered spring,
Did Desolation, kneeling on the ground,
Plant the frail roots for this rich blossoming?
Lilies, for hope, on one new sodded mound!
Now all the graves -- would she be glad to know? --
Are gay with little bells swung to and fro.





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