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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD'S ACRE, by WITTER BYNNER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Because we felt there could not be
Last Line: And god's name written there -- 'john doe'.
Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel
Subject(s): God
First Line: Because we felt there could not be
Last Line: And god's name written there -- 'john doe'.
Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel
Subject(s): God
Because we felt there could not be
A mowing in reality
So white and feathery-blown and gay
With blossoms of wild caraway,
I said to Celia, "Let us trace
The secret of this pleasant place!"
We knew some deeper beauty lay
Below the bloom of caraway,
And when we bent the white aside
We came to paupers who had died:
Rough wooden shingles row on row,
And God's name written there -- 'John Doe'.
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