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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIRST MATERNITY, by KATHARINE BROWN BURT
First Line: Out of my window the woods are a-flutter
Last Line: Parading her first young cone.
Subject(s): Hospitals
First Line: Out of my window the woods are a-flutter
Last Line: Parading her first young cone.
Subject(s): Hospitals
Out of my window the woods are a-flutter,
A starchy birch nurse stalks importantly by,
The patriarch oaks squeek, "Tut-tut!" and mutter,
Matronly beeches nudge them and sigh.
Spinsterly cedars primp envious and mocking,
Dogwood gossips whisper and groan
At a bright-eyed needle-pine, crooning and rocking,
Parading her first young cone.
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