Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HEPATICAS, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG


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HEPATICAS, by                    
First Line: They are like sky children
Last Line: "at this miracle of spring!"
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Happiness; Hepatica; Plants; Spring; Joy; Delight; Planting; Planters


They are like sky children
Drawing their pink and purple frocks
Closely about them,
Refusing to lift their lovely heads
Even to meet the sunshine,
But smiling down
On the cool, moist earth
With wistful joy.

"Let the winds blow," they whisper.
"Our soft furry coats
Will keep us snug and warm.
When the sun
Flushes our hillside
We will unbend our slender stems
And stand straight and tall
Like school children
Ready for their drill.
But do not ask us
To look up at the sun:
We are children of the shade,
Dream-children, perhaps,
Loving the moist fragrance of the soil.
If we look closely at the earth
We will see tiny green things—
Our friends and neighbors—
Push bravely up
To greet the sun
And our slender, furry stems
Will quiver with joy
At this miracle of spring!"





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