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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRELUDE, by WINIFRED WALDRON
First Line: Leaf-shadows into my lap came sifting
Last Line: Lo—the tree was the tree of life!
Subject(s): Life
First Line: Leaf-shadows into my lap came sifting
Last Line: Lo—the tree was the tree of life!
Subject(s): Life
Leaf-shadows into my lap came sifting,
Then into my lap the leaves came drifting.
Idly I gathered these gifts of the tree,
So would have scattered them, wanderers free:
When from the tree came the laughter of strife,
Lo—the tree was the Tree of Life!
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