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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER LILACS, by EUNICE MITCHELL LEHMER
First Line: She did not leave her portrait framed in gold
Last Line: Of growth that blossoms into victory.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs
First Line: She did not leave her portrait framed in gold
Last Line: Of growth that blossoms into victory.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs
She did not leave her portrait framed in gold,
Hands always still, her lips sealed in a smile.
Canvas and pigment, how could they ever hold
Her vivid spirit quiet for a while?
She left to me her lilac bush instead,
Part of her treasure, nurtured by her hand;
Her message in its gallant leaf-crowned head,
Proclaiming springtime's march across the land.
Her courage calls me in the lilac bush,
Richer the bloom the heavier the frost,
A fragrance in the folded buds that push
Into the path that early winds have crossed.
Every spring she talks again with me
Of growth that blossoms into victory.
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