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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OCTAVES IN AN OXFORD GARDEN: 9. NATURE'S CALMNESS, by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poet's Biography
First Line: All things seem ordered sweetly in the calm
Last Line: A nostril to the breeze-bestowèd balm.
Subject(s): Nature; Oxford, England
First Line: All things seem ordered sweetly in the calm
Last Line: A nostril to the breeze-bestowèd balm.
Subject(s): Nature; Oxford, England
ALL things seem ordered sweetly in the calm,
Full measure of the even-marching years.
This elm I love hath never fought with fears
And sickening heartbreak; but the steady psalm
Of one who trusts not vainly issues from
His quiet depth — such psalm as lifts and cheers
Each tiny stalk or tender blade that rears
A nostril to the breeze-bestowèd balm.
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