Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPRING, by CHARLES R. MURPHY


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SPRING, by                    
First Line: Trees have a gesture of departure
Last Line: For rooted souls.
Subject(s): Spring


Trees have a gesture of departure,
Yet forever stay;
Into what eager land they'd travel
No man may say.

In the spring they stand on tip-toe;
Yet, self-willed, remain
In autumn to let earthward
Their hopes like rain.

Yet forever a new spring cometh,
And their muteness swells
To the voice of one long risen
For long farewells;

Who with steps of eternal patience,
In eternal quest,
Would venture a truth too lofty
To be expressed;

Whose heart at times is burdened,
When no dream consoles,
With a heritage too mighty
For rooted souls.





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