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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE HOSPITAL, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Because on the branch that is tapping my pane
Last Line: There is god.
Subject(s): Hospitals
First Line: Because on the branch that is tapping my pane
Last Line: There is god.
Subject(s): Hospitals
Because on the branch that is tapping my pane
A sun-wakened leaf-bud, uncurled,
Is bursting its rusty brown sheathing in twain,
I know there is Spring in the world.
Because through the sky-patch whose azure and white
My window frames all the day long,
A yellow-bird dips for an instant of flight,
I know there is Song.
Because even here in this Mansion of Woe
Where creep the dull hours, leaden-shod,
Compassion and Tenderness aid me, I know
There is God.
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