Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FLAX SEEDS IN BLOSSOM, by LOUISE A. JOHNSON


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FLAX SEEDS IN BLOSSOM, by                    
First Line: Graciously smiling, the heavens were generous
Last Line: Heaven-like! Beautiful! Flowering flax!
Variant Title(s): Flax Fields In Blossom
Subject(s): Angels; Heaven; Paradise


Graciously smiling, the heavens were generous,
Gazing on mortals, earth-bound, here below;
Scattered their azure, and violet and silver
Over the fields where the flax blossoms grow.

Speak not of riches, utility, comfort,
Time enough yet for material things.
Pause and behold here this vision of beauty,
Soft in its tinting as angels' bright wings.

No garish colors nor strong vivid contrasts,
Its dainty coloring no beauty lacks.
Lovely, ethereal, soothing, entrancing,
Heaven-like! beautiful! flowering flax!





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