Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HARVEST: 2, by ANNIE MATHESON


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HARVEST: 2, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Long had the seed been waiting in the earth
Last Line: And grown and multiplied a hundredfold.
Subject(s): Harvest


LONG had the seed been waiting in the earth,
Deep underground, far from the blessed light,
That heaven's flaming orb, though out of sight,
Might by his power awake to gradual birth
A manifold new life of fuller worth,
More vital being. Long had radiant might,
That scarce was felt, yet ceased not day nor night,
Drawn upward out of passiveness and dearth
Of joyous influence, what the steadfast root
Had won in patience. After blade and bloom
Had come the full ears' slowly reddening gold.
The time of darkness had not failed of fruit,
For now the ripe corn has fulfilled its doom,
And grown and multiplied a hundredfold.





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