Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BODY AND SPIRIT, by ELLEN MAGRATH CARROLL


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BODY AND SPIRIT, by                    
First Line: Go, you must go-it is I who can sing
Last Line: For you who are big, and brave and bold!
Subject(s): Nonsense


Go, you must go -- it is I who can sing,
Kissed by the white lips of suffering.
You could not live where winds blow cold,
You who are big, and brave and bold!

Go, you must go -- it is I, the frail thing
As easy to break as a butterfly's wing,
Who can walk upon thorns on The Road of Pain,
While many men search for my wounds, in vain.

Go, you must go -- for today is sweet,
Blossoms make lovely the way for your feet;
Only for you do I fear the great cold,
For you who are big, and brave and bold!





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