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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOU LINGERING SPARSE LEAVES OF ME, by WALT WHITMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: You lingering sparse leaves of me on winter-nearing boughs
Last Line: The faithfulest -- hardiest -- last.
Subject(s): Environment; Trees; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation
First Line: You lingering sparse leaves of me on winter-nearing boughs
Last Line: The faithfulest -- hardiest -- last.
Subject(s): Environment; Trees; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation
You lingering sparse leaves of me on winter-nearing boughs,
And I some well-shorn tree of field or orchard-row;
You tokens diminute and lorn -- (not now the flush of May,
or July clover-bloom -- no grain of August now;)
You pallid banner-staves -- you pennants valueless -- you
overstay'd of time,
Yet my soul-dearest leaves confirming all the rest,
The faithfulest -- hardiest -- last.
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