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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CONTROVERSY, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: Let us no more dispute of heaven and hell Last Line: Sprung from the blossom of a perfect soul. Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. | |||
LET us no more dispute of Heaven and Hell! How should we know what none hath ever seen? We'll watch instead the same sweet miracle That every April work in wood and green.... The apples in our orchard are a bower Of budding bright-green leaf and pearly flower, No two alike of all the myriad blossom! Some faintly-flushing as a maiden's bosom, Some pursed in hardy pink, and some as pale As whitening stars above the twilit vale. If sometimes from His balcony on high, The Lord of all the stars, with musing eye, Look down upon this orchard of our world, Methinks he marks as blossom dewy-pearled Sprung from the branches of the self-same tree, Our varying faiths -- and all the creeds there be! -- Indifferently radiant, chiefly dear For that ripe harvest of the later year Which promises a winter-wealth of mead To fill the goblet up and brim the bowl: -- His wine of generous thought and ample deed Sprung from the blossom of a perfect soul. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CELIA'S HOMECOMING by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON DARWINISM by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON NEURASTENIA by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON THE IDEA by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON A BALLAD OF ORLEANS (1429) by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON A CLASSIC LANDSCAPE by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON A DIALOGUE by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON A FRENCH LILY by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON A GREY DAY by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON A JONQUIL; IN THE PISAN CAMPO SANTO by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON |
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