Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY SECRET SIN, by MARGUERITE YOUNG


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MY SECRET SIN, by                    
First Line: If I were a modest violet
Last Line: With being stout ... And sweet.
Subject(s): Flowers; Violets


If I were a modest violet
I'd have a secret sin,
I'd want to be a hollyhock
Tall and gay and thin;
I'd want to reach up toward the sky
And throw my flowers about,
I'd hate to hug the soft damp earth
And just grow wide and stout.

I'd want to whisper to the winds
And feel the clouds sail by,
I'd want to flirt with humming birds
Way up there in the sky;
I'd hate to feel the crawling things
Around my little feet,
I never could be satisfied
With being stout ... and sweet.





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