Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEAUTY OF EARTH, by HENRY GEORGE WEISS


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BEAUTY OF EARTH, by                    
First Line: Beauty of earth / that will not refuse to receive me
Last Line: And answer my cry.
Alternate Author Name(s): Flagg, Francis


Beauty of Earth,
that will not refuse to receive me
when the eyes close in dreamless sleep
and the heart that beats so strongly now
beats no longer....

Beauty of Earth,
let some of my dreams be in you fulfilled
so that a rose blows more red because of my dying,
so that the ocotilla bravely blooming
in a gray sweep of desert
lifts its head and flaunts loveliness courageously
because of my having lived....

Beauty of Earth,
take back the dreams, take back the hopes, take back the rebellion,
and through and in you let them be reborn,
so that they who gaze upon them
shall be made stronger,
shall be made to feel surge up in their bosoms
the spirit of unrest that drives man to dream,
to struggle and achieve....

Beauty of Earth,
let even my weakness blend into something lovely,
so that in softer mood the lover stoops
and plucks a timid flower,
and breathing in its perfume is made aware
of tenderness for the weak,
is made aware of tears,
and the sorrows of those once living, but now dead....

Beauty of Earth,
you alone of all things
will not refuse to receive me
and answer my cry.





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