Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BUT BEAUTIFUL EN MASSE, by ANNA MAY DUDLEY


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BUT BEAUTIFUL EN MASSE, by                    
First Line: When hollyhocks crowd close against a wall
Last Line: Frail servants all -- but beautiful en masse.
Subject(s): Nature


When hollyhocks crowd close against a wall
Their colors drowned in soft September rain,
And poplars, swaying in the sudden gust
Are heard to whisper of the coming fall
When of their leaves not any shall remain,
I think they sense a certain upward thrust
Of hungrier leaves, still aching to be born
When these are blown beyond recurrent morn.
Time garners all! And these like mist shall be,
Not unregarded quite -- for they have served
Soft mouths to feed, revitalize the tree.
Here nature lends to every form a glass
Wherein is seen the vital thing preserved;
Frail servants all -- but beautiful en masse.





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