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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT Poet's Biography
First Line: I plucked the blossoms of delight
Last Line: Of all enlightening things!
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Subject(s): Knowledge
First Line: I plucked the blossoms of delight
Last Line: Of all enlightening things!
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Subject(s): Knowledge
I PLUCKED the blossoms of delight
In many a wood and many a field,
I made a garland fair and bright
As any gardens yield.
But when I sought the living tree
To make new earth and Heaven new,
I found -- alas for you and me --
Its roots were set in you.
Oh, dear my garden, where the fruit
Of lovely knowledge sweetly springs,
How jealously you guard the root
Of all enlightening things!
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