Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A LEAFLESS TREE, by ANNA LOUISE THOMPSON


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A LEAFLESS TREE, by                    
First Line: I like to see
Last Line: And new springs start.
Subject(s): Spring


I like to see
The patience of a leafless tree
Waiting in quiet dignity,
Till spring shall set its greenness free.

I sometimes think
That living just beneath the sky
Has made it understand and drink
Deeper wisdom than you and I—

It does not prate
Of limitation in its sere
Bare boughs; it does not estimate
The time for fresh leaves to appear;

It seems to know,
Within its great deep-rooted heart,
That never-ending life shall flow
And new springs start.





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