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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FULFILLMENT, by JAMES LARKIN PEARSON
First Line: I sought the doubtful comfort of my grief
Last Line: The green creeps back along the wintered hedges.
Subject(s): Grief; Time; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: I sought the doubtful comfort of my grief
Last Line: The green creeps back along the wintered hedges.
Subject(s): Grief; Time; Sorrow; Sadness
I sought the doubtful comfort of my grief
Wherewith to meet Time's annual disaster,
For I was burdened with the falling leaf,
And subject to the wind as to a master.
All winter long my heart was in the grave,
Doubtful of life and all departed glory;
Unmindful that the naked trees were brave
And still believed the resurrection story.
But now I have no cynic's word to say,
As Time fulfills her old perpetual pledges;
As, inch by inch and day on growing day,
The green creeps back along the wintered hedges.
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