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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONLY A LITTLE THING, by M. P. HANDY Poem Explanation First Line: It was only a tiny seed Last Line: We may wish it undone someday. | |||
It was only a tiny seed, Only a little thing To lay me down and die, Carelessly brushed aside; But it grew in time to a noxious weed, Only a little thing, And spread its poison wide. And yet it is to die. Only a little thing It was only a little leak, To take away my breath, Only a little thing, So small you might hardly see; And yet it is called death. But the rising waters found the break, And wrecked the great levee. Only a little thing, The love of one true friend, Only a little thing, It was only a single spark, And yet it is life's end. Dropped by a passing train; But the dead leaves caught, and swift and dark Only a little thing Was its work on wood and plain. The parting of the ways, Only a little thing, It was only a thoughtless word, And yet the end of days. Only a little thing Scarce meant to be unkind; To say a prayer at night, But it pierced as a dart to the heart that heard, Only a little thing, And left its sting behind. And yet it is life's light. It may seem a trifle at most, Only a little thing, To trust and not to fear, The thing that we do or say; Only a little thing, And yet it may be that at fearful cost And yet it is God near. We may wish it undone someday. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOTHWELL: PART 3 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE LORD OF THOULOUSE; A LEGEND OF LANGUEDOC by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM SONNET: 10 by RICHARD BARNFIELD MOUNT AGASSIZ by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 25, ASKING FOR HER HEART (3) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT MAXIMS FOR THE OLD HOUSE: THE PORCH by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |
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