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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CROWNED, by MARY FRANCES HILL
First Line: It was a most wonderful poem
Last Line: In his heart young and fair.
Subject(s): Passion
First Line: It was a most wonderful poem
Last Line: In his heart young and fair.
Subject(s): Passion
It was a most wonderful poem,
So though a true lover of poetry
He knew the author must be young;
Beautiful and fair, "So thought he."
She wrote of the April rain
Coaxing May flowers to bloom again
Of summer when the month of June
Brought forth the most beautiful
Sight, "Roses in bloom."
Autumn that dressed the trees in raiment gay
Only to be blown by the wind away
When the snowflakes of winter come
Whirling down making a shroud of white
For the things that lay dead on the ground.
His heart filled with passion
He would search for her everywhere;
When found she would be his bride,
His queen, he'd crown her with
A crown of jewels rich and rare.
At last he found her in a wheelchair,
Just a "little old lady"; upon her
Wrinkled brow, that the most priceless jewels
In beauty could never compare
Was a crown of snow white hair.
The passion left his heart leaving
Only reverence and honor there;
He knew as long as life would last
That "little old lady" with the crown
Of snow white hair would live forever
In his heart young and fair.
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