Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHALCEDONY, by EMMA POMEROY GREENOUGH


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CHALCEDONY, by                    
First Line: Ages long since, upon the desert waste
Last Line: Outlasting that poor home wherein it grew.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating


AGES long since, upon the desert waste,
Within the hollow rock a gem was formed;
Liquid at first, it hardened age by age, --
The rock slow crumbling into sand, the gem remained.

Nourished within my heart, intensest love
Of one fine nature, earnest, simple, rare --
Grew crystalline, and evermore shall live,
Outlasting that poor home wherein it grew.





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