Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SEA LILY, by HILDA DOOLITTLE



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First Line: Reed / slashed and torn
Last Line: To cover you with froth.
Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs.
Subject(s): Bible; Flowers; Lilies


REED,
slashed and torn
but doubly rich --
such great heads as yours
drift upon temple-steps,
but you are shattered
in the wind.
Myrtle-bark
is flecked from you,
scales are dashed
from your stem,
sand cuts your petal,
furrows it with hard edge,
like flint
on a bright stone.
Yet though the whole wind
slash at your bark,
you are lifted up,
aye -- though it hiss
to cover you with froth.





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